Do you need High Speed Filament? - review of eSUN ePLA-HF Filament with the Bambu Lab CX1.

In this in-depth video, we're diving into the world of high-speed PLA 3D printer filament with a comprehensive review of ePLA-HF from eSUN. Join us as we unbox the filament, explore optimal printing settings, review the results of our test prints, and draw meaningful conclusions. Discover what high-speed PLA 3D printer filament is, why it matters, and who should consider using it for their projects.

It's important to note that eSun kindly provided us with this filament to try out, but this is not a sponsored video. We're not receiving anything other than the filament roll we tested. Our review is unbiased, and eSun has no influence on the video's content or our conclusions. They will see the video at the same time as you – no previews or editorial input involved.

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Timeline:
00:00 Video Intro
01:50 Title
01:57 What is eSUN HS/HF Filament
05:05 Reel properties
07:13 Print settings
08:59 3D Benchy
11:33 All in One 3D Print Test
16:51 Temperature Test
18:43 Speed Test
19:57 Acceleration Test
20:25 Calibration Cubes
27:23 Print in Place Vice Grip
28:17 Catapult Card
28:57 Quick break demo
29:41 Conclusions & End

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[victorx]

Great and useful video. Special thanks for HDR.

[danieldeslandes]

Thank you for your testing and research, I already use (Esun Pla+) on my printers, not as fast as the new ones but I will try the (eSUN ePLA-HF) to compare the printing quality.

[Dave_the_Dave]

A potential with the print speed test is that, depending on extrusion width and height, speed might have gotten capped by the volume flow rate limit. For example, the filament profile shown (with 22 mm^3/s max flow rate) at a layer height of 0.2 mm and width of 0.42 mm will top out at 261 mm/s, so the anything higher than that on the tower will be capped at that speed, and obviously look the same. In this case, that's most of the speed tower.

[xXIamJAEXx]

Nice video I'm yet to try eSun maybe I will give it a try after the creality hyper pla. Only problem I have is you say default 300mm/s but thats very vague, like which parts of the benchy were printing at that speed? normally that would be internal but external walls dip to say half that so the print quality will be the same for all parts It is only time you would be saving over print quality or am I over thinking that?

[ydefy]

The audio is ok. The picture quality should be awesome but the camera focus and framing is meh, making the video quality above average but not as good as it could be (the bane of all recording) . The almost all natural lighting, colors and definition is what made this vid so much better than everything else I'm used to watch. Don't make my first statements fool you, your the best!

[Todestelzer]

I got 1.65mm this year from eSUN ABS+ measured with a micrometer. Got massive extrusion problems with my Voron printer because it could not grip the filament reliable anymore in the extruder. Figured out a part was slightly melted inside the extruder assembly but 1.65mm surprised me…
I still use eSUN because of the price and availability but I’m looking for alternatives.

[grayfox_yt]

You can certainly use compressed cardboard spools in your ams without these rings. I believe Bambu is referring to corrugated cardboard spools. I use Polyterra corrugated spools everyday for a business that requires rapid part production 5 days a week. Great video btw.

[yzzoarts]

PLA+ on Ender 3 v3 KE - 300 mm SPD and all looks good. Not top quality but test-ship prints in ~16 mins. Looks 8/10.

[TNotoriousAdam]

Its high flow filament so should give you a higher volumetric flow than normal PLA or PLA+. Should do some tests to see the difference between this HF PLA and PLA+ flow rates.

[BackDaws]

Why do you need those rings? I've not been using them on my AMS 😳

[qwertyzxaszc]

I tend to use nothing but high-speed filament. That is because we do a lot of prototyping and usually have about 4 or 5 machines running at a time, and the price is really not that much more than regular filament. I really think that all machines and all filaments should be high-speed compatible and get rid of all the old-fashioned printers to move the industry forward.

[sshvulnerability]

Could you order and test the new eSUN pla CF filament? Compare it with the Nylon stuff maybe?

[georgemouer]

I see you use a Bambu printer. It would have been great for you to say how you feel the eSun compares to Bambu filament. No doubt Bambu filament is intended for high speeds also.

[justinfielding]

Seems like a marketing ploy really. If you read esun’s documents and profiles for their other filaments the flow is high and the recommended speeds are high too. I don’t have any issues printing their PETG at 200mm/s or PLA+ and default Bambulab profile speeds.

[alecubudulecu]

Those measurements on your cube. Shouldn’t that be done at the tip of the caliper? Either way. I think most folks get the same measurements give or take as you. If I measure you you measured. My cube is 19.95x19.96x20.04

I recall reading that any tolerance less than 0.15 is considered good.