I may try a spool of both, her indoors had a hip operation and her leg is now 1" shorter which has caused spinal displacement while she’s walking. It’s something I’ve been thinking of to fit in a shoe and slipper… 
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Not to give too much away @Hank but I’ve printed dog chew toys out of 95A - they need to be in a very specific shape with a certain infill but become pretty much indestructible as the dog can’t get a proper hold on it to really shred.
I tested the toys (on) with the neighbors huskies that as you know destroy everything instantly.
My first gen lasted an entire week before I took it back for reviewing and modifications to design. Minimal puncture marks and believe me they both tried, I have it on the backburner as I think I might actually patent the design to resell it out to the toy companies (I don’t have time to spin up a dog chew factory lol) hence why i’m not giving away too much here.
But can attest from personal experience…dog toys + 95* tpu is a very very interesting path to explore.
now this thread topic /
Softer stuff…probably not - dogs will shred it like a shoe
But i’m curious as to shoe designs in general seeing as people are mentioning it here.
Has anyone tried gluing the softer (this softer when released) to the bottom of a retail shoe? Say to repair a sole, totally swap a sole or heel? I’m thinking winter boots that ALL suck now and wear out on the bottoms or heel detaches every time, so you end up buying boots per season costing a fortune.
If this softer stuff or any for that matter glues / plays nice with current err - shoe? leather? pleather? whatever they make shoes out of now - if it glues then we can repair footwear not just print new at a fraction of the costs. Hmm.
Foaming TPU will open up new opportunities for 3D printing, I can’t wait to try it, but it will have some limitations: I often print PLA Aero and ASA Aero, as the printing temperature increases, the expansion of the extruded material also increases, so it is possible to reduce the flow rate (even by half) to save weight, but this will reduce resistance.
The same will be true for TPU foaming: more softness = less resistance.
Often this does not matter at all, but it is something to know.
For example, you can print a cube as if it were made of rubber or as if it were made of sponge: completely different softness, weight and resistance.
The only drawback (but Bambu Lab will know how to reduce it as much as possible) is the stringing, which with these filaments remains almost out of control…
They also failed to provide any links.
Hesse should a minimum requirement so there are models suitable fr printing day one.
I suspect a payment might be required for the shoes, that would be the choice for the consumer to make.
That price though
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Wish we could get soft tpu for ams and ams lite
Now, I don’t go too deep into this topic.
If you want to make something soft, you normaly need a softener. Than softer things becomes, than easier it is to use cheap plasticizers. At least it is usually the cheapest way, and many people like cheap, especially in China.
my Bla Bla Bla:
The last test for a Chinese product was set at $2,000 by the testing lab. That didn’t justify the additional price from the German supplier, apart from the fact that the other one was significantly better in quality… There are also Czech suppliers, who are sometimes a bit more expensive (but not always; there are also shipping costs, by the way), but they already have EU product liability insurance… As for Bambulab, well, at least they have a European headquarters; otherwise, I wouldn’t even have a Bambulab printer and buy exclusively from EU dealers and so on… Bla bla bla - take it or leave it, I don’t have to save the world anymore and I won’t discuss it 
Fact:
Silicone is a easy understandable example: Good quality can also be soaked in acetone, such as FDA-approved Silikon. You can then quickly identify silicone with cheap additives to get more profit for others.
Reality of the world, at least where I live:
When I was traveling in the Chinese provinces, hotels refused to wash any underwear – they even refused to provide laundry detergent. The laundry detergent must be purchased at your own risk; they even disclaim any liability for any laundry detergent if you wash by yourself by hand… You can use hand soap for showering, they’ll give it to you, but don’t tell them what you use it for…
Some Basics:
On skin, it would by called contamination (to washed off the body still possible, on the hands it quickly goes into the mouth), in mud there would then be incorporation via mucous membranes (i.e. absorbed into the body) and children are then growing. Particles in the air quickly pass through the lungs, also known as incorporation… an so on. everything is very well known and does not need to be discussed 
That’s pretty standard at American businesses too. I’ve asked at coffee shop’s, movie theaters and even banks… it was a hard NO at all of them.
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Well, there is still a small difference: One don’t wash because it’s underwear - the others don’t wash because they refuse to take responsibility for the detergent ;-).
If you want to see the spirit of a company’s product, go to the employees’ bathroom toilet. There you’ll see how they think behind closed doors. And fabric softeners are damn well hidden and definitely nothing to laugh about
Don’t have to. The report number is on the certificates and you can look them up. I work in the pharmaceutical and food industry frequently. As long as you have a number that can be traced for a test, for material, for calibrated equipment, etc., you don’t have to provide the full documentation for the FDA unless they request it. (which they will on occasion as a spot check). In addition you can contact the sponsor listed on the certificate for more information.
So not providing links is not an issue in my book, as you have the information needed to research this yourself on the certificates.
And this still doesn’t change the fact that Bambu Lab has NOTHING regarding this, and state so in the MSDS.
So if I’m printing something wearable for sale, guess which one I’m going to pick.
Without some additional chemical “magic” being invented for the TPU. Otherwise you would basically require frictionless tubing and a different method of holding the spools. Since frictionless tubing doesn’t exist . . .
BIQU is still working on their version of this. I contacted them recently as it was supposed to be out already and they replied it’s still under development and is taking more time than they expected. Their version is actually harder than BL TPU for AMS, but you can then soak the prints in water and they will soften to something close to 85A. They had a prototype of that at the 2024 RMRRF, and the results were promising. It printed very well too as they were running prints. They had finished prints that weren’t soaked in water, some after they’d been soaked, and a couple that were in water for different lengths of time.
The rep said the goal was to have a filament where you could get the hardness you wanted by varying the soak time. I asked him how much living in a humid or very dry region would impact this after the soaking and he said stability post soak was one of the things they were working on. My bet would be that’s been the delay, but that’s just my opinion.
You misunderstood, I meant links for the models they used in the advertising.
Glad to see some softer TPU options. Would like to see a black option for the 85a since that’s almost the only color I would print TPU in.
I’ve considered purchasing these softer TPU’s in the past, but haven’t pulled the trigger due to how finicky they can be to print. I can usually make due with the standard 95a so it hasn’t been high on my list. I’m curious to see how well these print in the Bambu printers using their profiles. If these work out, I may seriously consider adding these to my printing options.
If I do decide to purchase these, I would probably go back to designing and printing physical therapy aids for my wife. I found that 95a can work out okay, but just isn’t soft enough for many applications. Not to mention it’d be nice to be able to print softer corner guards, bump stops, and feet for many of my projects.
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So, you can use this in the X1 carbon? I’d love to make some more gaskets and door stops that don’t slide easily. Current TPU just doesn’t cut it.
I wasn’t into the riser suggested in the wiki instructions, so I rolled my own.
I don’t have the 5.8L container referenced on the wiki, although have ordered one. For the moment I have confirmed my stand suits 4L containers as well as the other 5.8L container also found on AliExpress.
I have a spindle for this container with very low resistance and is well suited for soft TPUs:
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