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What is the best filament brand?

By SSS

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How do I tell if a filament is low quality?

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Drying. Source: Overture TDS · Last checked 18 October 2026

Ranked filaments

RankFilamentMaterialNozzleBedBuy
1Overture · PETGPETG
220–250 °C428–482 °F
70–90 °C158–194 °F
Buy

Open Filament Database nozzle 220–250 °C (428–482 °F) and bed 70–90 °C (158–194 °F). The score-15 comment uses black Overture PETG because of cost and luck. This row does not store a price per kilogram.

2Prusament · PLAPLA
205–225 °C401–437 °F
40–60 °C104–140 °F
Buy

Open Filament Database nozzle 205–225 °C (401–437 °F) and bed 40–60 °C (104–140 °F). The same comment keeps an orange Prusament spool and does not name the material. PLA is the row with a published nozzle. It is not a prize.

3ELEGOO · PLA BasicPLA
190–230 °C374–446 °F
35–65 °C95–149 °F
Buy

US product page lists a nozzle of 190–230 °C (374–446 °F), a bed of 35–65 °C (95–149 °F), and drying at 50 °C (122 °F) for 8 h. A score-6 comment says ELEGOO has worked, with no temperature and no failure count.

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Best is a comment. A specification is a nozzle, a bed, and a sheet. Filament quality is how to tell a bad spool without a brand trophy. SUNLU, Prusament, and Polymaker already have pages. Budget filament is the price question, and none of these rows stores a price per kilogram.

Rows a comment actually named

Overture PETG stores 220–250 °C (428–482 °F) and a bed of 70–90 °C (158–194 °F) from the Open Filament Database. Prusament PLA stores 205–225 °C (401–437 °F) and 40–60 °C (104–140 °F) from the same database. The comment says Prusament, not PLA. ELEGOO PLA Basic lists 190–230 °C (374–446 °F), a bed of 35–65 °C (95–149 °F), and drying at 50 °C (122 °F) for 8 h. Brand indexes for the other names in the quotes: SUNLU, eSUN, Creality, Flashforge, Overture, Prusament, ELEGOO.

What the community says

a Reddit thread in r/BambuLab calls SUNLU PLA Plus and PLA Plus 2.0 the best that commenter has used, and mentions Amazon sales.

a Reddit thread in r/BambuLab lists "Esun, Creality hyper, polytera" and says very good results.

a Reddit thread in r/BambuLab: Four names, no numbers.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Every brand claim stays attached to a score and a thread.
  • The table is three rows that have temperatures, chosen because a comment named the brand. The order is not a score.

Cons

  • SUNLU PLA Plus, the comment's favorite, has no nozzle in the catalog, so the favorite is not the first row.
  • eSUN and Creality Hyper are a score-1 list with no temperatures in the comment. They are not graded here.

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Questions

Why isn't SUNLU PLA Plus the first row if the comment calls it the best?

The score-21 comment on r/BambuLab says that. SUNLU PLA+ and PLA+ 2.0 do not store a nozzle or a bed in this catalog, so putting them first would publish a blank as a winner. The comment is quoted. The table is limited to rows that have a nozzle.

Does one commenter's Overture PETG habit make Overture the best PETG?

No. The score-15 comment on r/prusa3d gives cost, luck, and the usefulness of black. Overture PETG stores 220–250 °C (428–482 °F) and a bed of 70–90 °C (158–194 °F) from the Open Filament Database. Luck is not a specification.