I guessed that, but who doesn’t like a conspiracy theory?
I understood what you said and meant, my response was to provide clarity for those who hadn’t.
You said you were prompted to purchase by the email, not that you bought from the sale it referenced.
Yeah I just saw a sale and went to the site. The PETG HF was the cheapest I’ve seen in months so I added it at the same time.
I noticed the PAHT-CF on your purchase.
What do you think of it? Assuming you have used it.
Like a moth to a flame.
I like it a lot. It prints great, has good heat deflection, and its strong for its price (especially at $29 for .5kg). My favorite thing is it looks like a textured injection molded part all over with out any fuzzy skin. You just have to know this ahead of time as it may affect your decision on what parts to use it on.
It got worse.
This link now shows:
Only the U.K. store page for PETG HF shows this so far.
Who knows how far it will spread?
Update
The error has gone, but the filaments have not returned.
The bulk sale page doesn’t list PETG HF anymore
https://eu.store.bambulab.com/pages/promotions/filament-bulk-sale
Confusingly, it appears on the U.K. site in contrast to your experience, listing all zero available choices to select from.
The only consistency is the lack of it.
I’ve contacted support and they said that there are supply issues and they expect to have stock again in 1 to 2 months…
It just seems unlikely that every region would be out of every color simultaneously. More like they found something wrong with the current batch and had to pull them.
No PETG for 1-2 months!? I guess I’ll finally have a reason to use my stock of eSun PETG+HS lol.
I’m a new Bambu user and I have used mostly BL filaments. But with this shortage of PETG HF, what is the consensus goto alternative?
I’m planning to make the AMS riser and rack and will need somewhere around 6-7 kg to complete them. Options?
Sunlu makes pretty good standard petg that I have used and then sealed after sanding with some clear coat to make it food safe-ish. I’d probably look into that.
Maybe take the month or two to learn how to use a different type of filament so that when its back in srock you can have a new appreciation for it?
Sunlu also has a highspeed matte PETG since recently. I had one spool for testing so far and can’t complain.
IEMAI Highspeed and especially Elegoo highspeed didn’t print as good.
Ive never tried iEMAI’s highspeed PETG, but their PETG CF prints out beautifully and is really strong.
Thanks for the suggestions. Over the years, I have done the PLA and PETG thing. I guess it’s time to try something else. ABS and ASA may be in the que shortly. With the new X1C, I can try some of those filaments,.
#3 but replace “rare earth minerals” with “cancer causing agents”.
Seeing as though our go to supplier of PETG HF has let us down for at least the next six months can we list some alternatives with settings they use? Be great with those who have experience with other blends to share some information. (thanks for those who already have by the way).
I’m newer to 3d printing and the fact that bambu is out of all petg and sunlu out of all matte petg seems pretty wild to me. I don’t use much but figure some of you need this for products being sold and must really be freaking out.
I tried some of the CC3d petg, and now realize why I need to focus on matte finishes as it’s super shiney!
Thanks for the heads up on TecBears, I’ll give some of that a try.
As I understand it, Jayo high speed matte and Tecbears high speed matte are the same as Sunlu. I just ordered a ten pack of Jayo from Ali Express this morning. Amazon has Tecbears in stock now. The Sunlu white is not the same as the Bambu PETG-HF in white. It is more translucent. I haven’t found a good source for white that is opaque as the Bambu white. Voxel has one that is allegedly quite opaque, and isn’t a terrible price. But I haven’t tried it myself.
I got the black/white JAYO 2.2kg combo here to test the filament. Its supposedly bog-standard petg so no fast printing or matte unfortunately but considering how there seems to be a shortage of petg in general I hope it works. We’ll see after it arrive tomorrow and I dry it for 8-12 hours.