How to Choose a PLA Filament Type - Inland PLA, PLA +, PLA Pro & Tough PLA #3dprinting #filament

PLA, PLA+, PLA Pro, Tough PLA- What is the difference between all these different types of PLA Filament? Andy explains the features and benefits of printing with the different types of Inland PLA Filament.

[andersalbertsson]

Unfortunately I don’t think this was very helpful. Would have liked to see numbers of impact strength testing etc like most YouTube channels do when testing filament. I assume they are just sourced from different OEMs and the mechanical properties of Plus, Pro, and Tough are pretty similar?

[CaptainVVV]

This video was full of words but no information. You provide no context, which makes all of your comparisons meaningless. We need numbers.

[WhereNerdyisCool]

Well I have never tried Inland Filament but I'm always intrigued by brands with very vague information. I can't tell where this is made (USA? China?), to what spec (+/- 0.02mm? +/- 0.05mm?) and what little I can find on a website just shows a brief listing on MicroCenter. I don't see any links for a Safety Data Sheet or Technical Data Sheet either. This video really didn't answer any of my questions. Just a vague conglomerate that sells bulk material.

[iambear.]

The panning for the "side by side" comparison was very hard to compare them all

[LILWagonBurner]

Strength, durability, impact strength, impact resistance. These terms do not help at all in distinguishing pla variants.

[kingavegarage]

All this did was list the characteristics of each PLA. I could got that from the website. No strength testing or useless 4mins.

[patrickfutato]

One of the first things you mentioned was that regular PLA has a low heat tolerance, but you didn’t mention heat tolerance for the other three. That’s what I need to know.

[bryanjones]

What are the temperature tolerances of each of them?

[tchninja_official]

I'm highly going to suggest a video proving these statements. Show us it's more impact resistant with some test that others have shown on Youtube. Show us a strength test like those others we've seen on Youtube. Making a claim and real world examples are 2 different things. Please do a test for these claims.

[rsilvers]

ToughPLA works with Bambu if you limit the flow rate to 14 mm^3/sec.

[ijbird]

Finally a straight up explanation of all the variants. Thanks!

[fadecomic]

Funny enough, despite the pro only being available in limited colors, it was the only one I could find in a Halloween orange.

[WilliamKennedy-qo]

Run printing end 200 bed at 60 works fine

[rsilvers]

Not sure I believe that PLA+ is stronger than PLA. It is tougher, and that usually means it has less strength.

[portmanteau.]

I am no closer to understanding the difference. Can't you just drop the marketing BS and call them Grade 1, 2, 3 etc? Also, the pricing doesn't match the apparent grade. Why is standard more expensive than + and pro, and why is Pro cheaper than Tough?

[hughnelson]

Came across this video. @inlandFilament any advice on printing your non foaming litewweight PLA. I gave it a try. I understand the non foaming should print like PLA (kinda like the polymer liteweight non foaming PLA) but no matter what I did stringing, and not like colorful LW PLA style.was not having anyluck getting rid of it. retraction tests, demo towers. all seamed the same. Using a Creality E5+ with an amazon DD kit stock hot end. silent board.
Thank you if any ideas.

[justaweeb]

God I hate Twinkling black Inland filament so goddamn much. Worst decision I've ever made buying a roll of that stuff, still have half of it and I have not created a single successful print using it, the glow in the dark stuff is alright though

[bikepacker]

You only mentioned the temperature tolerance on the first one. What are the others.

[imagesh]

As I've discovered over the years, the best PLA is actually manning up and switching to ABS. Build or buy an enclosure, make sure your PEI surfaced bed can go to 100c, add an exhaust system with a charcoal purifier, and enjoy ABS. I'm an inland fan, and their ABS is excellent.

[AlexLucard]

Next time you do without any background music