{ "opening": "Two comments on one thread say ELEGOO PLA has been fine for that person, and one of them has moved mostly to PLA+. A second thread disagrees about under-extrusion versus over-extrusion and gives no temperature. That is not a ranking, and it is not a budget-value score.", "question": "Is Elegoo filament good?", "slug": "brand_elegoo", "useCase": "troubleshooting", "useCaseLabel": "Troubleshooting", "updated": "2026-10-23", "shortAnswer": "Two comments on one thread say ELEGOO PLA has been fine for that person, and one of them has moved mostly to PLA+. A second thread disagrees about under-extrusion versus over-extrusion and gives no temperature. That is not a ranking, and it is not a budget-value score.", "recommendedMaterials": [ "pla", "pla-plus", "petg" ], "printerConsiderations": [ "The score-3 comment lists temperature, retraction, or uncalibrated esteps as possible causes of under-extrusion. It does not pick a number.", "The score-1 comment says the gap is between perimeters and infill and calls it slicer settings. It is not an ELEGOO specification.", "A spool that does not fit an AMS is a spool-size question. No comments describes the spool dimensions." ], "pros": [ "The praise stays attached to a score and a thread.", "The table is three ELEGOO rows with published temperatures. The order is not a score." ], "cons": [ "No comment reports a failure count, a diameter measurement, or a price per kilogram. This catalog does not store a price on these rows." ], "community": "The editorial summary says ELEGOO PLA is regarded as good budget value. The excerpts do not say budget, and they do not state a price. r/BambuLab 152gx0t, score 8: \"Been fine for my purposes. Bambu really prints the cheap shit pretty well.\" Score 6: \"Elegoo pla has been fantastic for me, i started with normal pla but now I’m mainly using pla + as I find it not that much more expensive\". r/FixMyPrint 1cagvde, score 3, says the print looks under-extruded and names temperature, retraction, or esteps. Score 1 says it looks slightly over-extruded and that the gap is between perimeters and infill. That excerpt is cut off. No excerpt was supplied for r/prusa3d 15a4b44, r/FixMyPrint 1o29ze8, or r/FixMyPrint 1e4ea0y.", "related": [ "brand_best", "cheap", "filament_quality" ], "faq": [ { "q": "Is Elegoo filament good?", "a": "Two comments on one thread say ELEGOO PLA has been fine for that person, and one of them has moved mostly to PLA+. A second thread disagrees about under-extrusion versus over-extrusion and gives no temperature. That is not a ranking, and it is not a budget-value score." }, { "q": "Does one person's 'fantastic' make ELEGOO the best PLA?", "a": "No. The score-6 comment on r/BambuLab is that person's report, and it says they now mainly use PLA+. [What is the best filament brand](/answers/brand_best) already treats brand praise as comments, not a trophy. ELEGOO PLA lists 190–230 °C (374–446 °F) and a bed of 35–65 °C (95–149 °F) on the page checked 17 October 2026." }, { "q": "The print has gaps. Is the spool bad?", "a": "The two comments on r/FixMyPrint do not agree. A comment says under-extrusion. A comment says slight over-extrusion and slicer settings. Neither gives a temperature. The Rapid PETG page checked 17 October 2026 lists 240–270 °C (464–518 °F) and a bed of 65–75 °C (149–167 °F), and those comments do not cite it." } ], "sources": [ { "title": "ELEGOO PLA 1 kg product page", "url": "https://us.elegoo.com/products/pla-filament-1-75mm-colored-1kg", "kind": "manufacturer" }, { "title": "ELEGOO PLA Plus product page", "url": "https://us.elegoo.com/products/pla-plus-filament-1-75mm-black-10kg", "kind": "manufacturer" }, { "title": "ELEGOO Rapid PETG 1 kg product page", "url": "https://us.elegoo.com/products/rapid-petg-filament-1-75mm-colored-1kg", "kind": "manufacturer" }, { "title": "Community source, r/BambuLab 152gx0t", "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/152gx0t/", "kind": "reddit" }, { "title": "Community source, r/FixMyPrint 1cagvde", "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/FixMyPrint/comments/1cagvde/", "kind": "reddit" }, { "title": "Community source, r/prusa3d 15a4b44", "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/prusa3d/comments/15a4b44/", "kind": "reddit" }, { "title": "Community source, r/FixMyPrint 1o29ze8", "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/FixMyPrint/comments/1o29ze8/", "kind": "reddit" }, { "title": "Community source, r/FixMyPrint 1e4ea0y", "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/FixMyPrint/comments/1e4ea0y/", "kind": "reddit" } ], "recommendations": [ { "rank": 1, "note": "US 1 kg page checked 17 October 2026 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. The score-6 comment says ELEGOO PLA has been fantastic and does not give a temperature.", "brand": "ELEGOO", "product": "PLA", "material": "PLA", "url": "/brand/elegoo/pla", "nozzle": "190–230 °C (374–446 °F)", "bed": "35–65 °C (95–149 °F)", "pricePerKg": null, "datasheetUrl": null, "affiliateUrl": null }, { "rank": 2, "note": "US product page checked 15 October 2026 lists a nozzle of 200–230 °C (392–446 °F), a bed of 35–65 °C (95–149 °F), and drying at 50 ± 5 °C (122 ± 9 °F) for 8 h. The same score-6 comment says that person now mainly uses PLA+.", "brand": "ELEGOO", "product": "PLA Plus", "material": "PLA+", "url": "/brand/elegoo/pla-plus", "nozzle": "200–230 °C (392–446 °F)", "bed": "35–65 °C (95–149 °F)", "pricePerKg": null, "datasheetUrl": null, "affiliateUrl": null }, { "rank": 3, "note": "US 1 kg page checked 17 October 2026 lists a nozzle of 240–270 °C (464–518 °F), a bed of 65–75 °C (149–167 °F), and drying at 60 °C (140 °F) for 8 h. The supplied comments do not.", "brand": "ELEGOO", "product": "RAPID PETG", "material": "PETG", "url": "/brand/elegoo/rapid-petg", "nozzle": "240–270 °C (464–518 °F)", "bed": "65–75 °C (149–167 °F)", "pricePerKg": null, "datasheetUrl": null, "affiliateUrl": null } ] }