# Is Amazon Basics, Inland, or Micro Center filament good?

The comments treat Inland as a usable PLA, name Jayo and Kingroon as cheap PLA that works, and say silk PLA can be difficult. This catalog has no plain Amazon Basics PLA row. The only Amazon Basics filament stored here is Silk PLA.

The comments treat Inland as a usable PLA, name Jayo and Kingroon as cheap PLA that works, and say silk PLA can be difficult. This catalog has no plain Amazon Basics PLA row. The only Amazon Basics filament stored here is Silk PLA.

Inland is the spool the comments actually run. Amazon Basics PLA is a name in a comment and a title. The catalog's Amazon Basics row is Silk PLA. Jayo and Kingroon are the cheaper names in one comment, and that comment calls PLA forgiving.
[eSUN](/answers/brand_esun) is the separate brand page. The brittle pink PLA+ belongs on [brittle filament](/answers/brittle), not as a grade for every Inland spool. [Budget filament](/answers/cheap) already lists Elegoo, SUNLU, JAYO, and Inland, and it names Kingroon without ranking it. [Filament quality](/answers/filament_quality) is how to judge a spool the comments do not measure. [Good PLA prints](/answers/pla_print) is the first layer after that.

## What the comments say

[a Reddit thread in r/BambuLab](https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1mnb51t/): "Inland is usually eSun filament. Most eSun filaments are very good. Silk and translucent PLA can be difficult to print. Not always. Put your printer in silent mode to slow it down."

[a Reddit thread in r/BambuLab](https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1mnb51t/): "I run a lot of inland filament. I have always used the Bambu pla profile. The only issue I have had is I have an old spool of pink PLA+ that seems to have brittle spots, and my girls complain that the rainbow filament changes colors too slow." "Usually eSUN" is the comment.

[a Reddit thread in r/BambuLab](https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1ls9faf/): "if you think amazon basic pla is cheap, wait till you see jayo and kingroon 10 packs on aliexpress. They work fine. PLA is quite forgiving."

## The rows

[Inland PLA](/brand/inland/pla) lists 190–230 °C (374–446 °F) and a bed of 50–70 °C (122–158 °F) in the Open Filament Database. Drying is not stored. [eSUN PLA+](/brand/esun-3d/pla-plus) lists the same nozzle and bed in that database. [JAYO PLA](/brand/jayo/pla) lists the same nozzle and bed, and stores a drying temperature of 60 °C (140 °F) with no hours. [Kingroon PLA](/brand/kingroon/pla) lists the same nozzle and bed and is the name in the score-61 comment, not a fifth winner.

[Amazon Basics Silk PLA](/brand/amazonbasics/silk-pla) is the only Amazon Basics filament stored here. It lists 190–230 °C (374–446 °F) and 50–70 °C (122–158 °F) in the Open Filament Database. Drying is not stored. There is no plain Amazon Basics PLA row to put a temperature on. Silk trouble is [silk PLA](/answers/silk).

Bambu PLA Basic, the profile the score-13 comment says they load for Inland, lists 190–230 °C (374–446 °F) and a bed of 35–45 °C (95–113 °F) on its technical data sheet. The nozzle overlaps Inland. The bed does not. Using that profile is the comment. It does not rewrite Inland's bed.

[Inland](/brand/inland), [eSUN 3D](/brand/esun-3d), [JAYO](/brand/jayo), [Kingroon](/brand/kingroon), and [Amazon Basics](/brand/amazonbasics) are the brand indexes. [PLA](/material/pla) and [PLA+](/material/pla-plus) are the material hubs.

Updated 2026-10-21. Sources accessed 2026-10-21. Use case: Troubleshooting.

## Ranked filaments

| Rank | Filament | Nozzle | Bed | Price per kg |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Inland PLA | 190–230 °C (374–446 °F) | 50–70 °C (122–158 °F) | — |
| 2 | eSUN 3D PLA+ | 190–230 °C (374–446 °F) | 50–70 °C (122–158 °F) | — |
| 3 | JAYO PLA | 190–230 °C (374–446 °F) | 50–70 °C (122–158 °F) | — |
| 4 | AmazonBasics Silk PLA | 190–230 °C (374–446 °F) | 50–70 °C (122–158 °F) | — |

## Sources

- [Open Filament Database, Inland PLA](https://api.openfilamentdatabase.org/api/v1/brands/inland/materials/PLA/filaments/pla/index.json) (other)
- [Open Filament Database, eSUN 3D PLA+](https://api.openfilamentdatabase.org/api/v1/brands/esun_3d/materials/PLA/filaments/pla+/index.json) (other)
- [Open Filament Database, JAYO PLA](https://api.openfilamentdatabase.org/api/v1/brands/jayo/materials/PLA/filaments/pla/index.json) (other)
- [Open Filament Database, Amazon Basics Silk PLA](https://api.openfilamentdatabase.org/api/v1/brands/amazonbasics/materials/PLA/filaments/silk_pla/index.json) (other)
- [Open Filament Database, Kingroon PLA](https://api.openfilamentdatabase.org/api/v1/brands/kingroon/materials/PLA/filaments/pla/index.json) (other)
- [Bambu PLA Basic technical data sheet](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0584/7236/6216/files/Bambu_PLA_Basic_Technical_Data_Sheet_bf3411ce-be39-4db7-9669-1b4671d2196b.pdf?v=1734060943) (datasheet)
- [a Reddit thread in r/BambuLab](https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1mnb51t/) (reddit)
- [a Reddit thread in r/BambuLab](https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1ls9faf/) (reddit)
- [a Reddit thread in r/FixMyPrint](https://www.reddit.com/r/FixMyPrint/comments/un6als/) (reddit)
- [a Reddit thread in r/BambuLab](https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/18odzs3/) (reddit)
- [a Reddit thread in r/3Dprinting](https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1x2n1kp/) (reddit)

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