PETG HF was, in my opinion, the best-looking PETG. I know there are other similar threads, but I just want Bambu Lab to know that many users really appreciate the HF version.
I ordered the Basic series to try it out, but the appearance of the prints suffered significantly compared to HF. In comparison, the Basic version looks cheap and inferior.
Same assessment here. The new Basic prints ok but just doesn’t look the same. HF looks so much better.
Bambu has white, black, gray, and red in PETG HF for sale though. No idea if they will continue stocking those or not but they are in stock now. I grabbed some to have and use instead of Basic.
Won’t be buying any more Basic either. It’s ok, but I’ll try other brands first.
Aren’t they out of sock for the HF a lot of the time?
The other colors show as out of stock but red, white, black, and gray are in stock at this writing.
The filament page has this in bold/red: “PETG HF is discontinued and will not be restocked once sold out. A new and improved PETG is available now!”
But no idea what their intentions are or if the 4 colors will remain available.
I have just checked out the site.. In the UK all colours of PETG HF are sold out.
The link in the message about PETG HF being discontinued just takes you to PETG Basic.
Ah. In the US store, the four colors are available. No idea for how long.
So will the people who don’t like the PETG Basic just stick with it or buy another manufacturers filament?
We go the only other logical place to get filament:
TO AMAZON!
Try Add:North rPETG.
I bougth five spools of the recycled “rPETG” looks even better than Bambu HF. Downside is, it needs to print slow. (No HF)
I’m still watching out for the Bambu HF, but if I cant get it, the Add:North filament will have to fill the void.
I will miss the RFID tag, other than that, it’s only downside is the print speed.
The HF RFID tag may not be appropriate for rPETG but maybe the Basic tag would work?
If a filament prints ok using Bambu parameters, you can just cut the actual tags off the plastic strip from a Bambu spool and tape them to the side of new spools of other filament. Keep track of colors and you can get those bennies as well.
Ive yet to purchase some petg basic (new as im still printing with the old petg basic , does it not have the same sheen as the old basic ?