Oooh, if that algae-derived TPE would just hit the market already… 😍

Definitely, our Vorons have spoiled me lol

I did and I even agree! Ours just seems to be a bit of an anomaly, or else we’re just way too tolerant of jank lol. Definitely wouldn’t get a second printer from them

We have an ancient Ender 5 Pro in the library makerspace that’s running pretty much constantly, and it was already well used when it first got donated to us. Granted, it’s farrrrrr from our best printer, but it’s pretty reliable! I barely even maintain or upgrade the thing lol

I refuse to use any extruder without easily accessible gears anymore, for that exact reason lol. Using a Galileo2 on a Stealthburner I’d get flexible filaments wrapped around the gears alllll the time, and disassembling it was super annoying. Now it’s wristwatch style all the way!

That’s what I was thinking about saying too… They’re probably still mostly right, in the sense that this is a company and companies are almost always primarily concerned with their profit margin, not the environment. However like you said, most things now are made out of plastic, most plastics are made from fossil fuels, and fossil fuels need to be retired like yesterday.

WHOAAAA this is so exciting!! Nevermind the awesome mechanical properties, let’s hear it for the somewhat better environmental impacts!

Materials science folk will hopefully weigh in on this, but it’s my understanding that PA11 is more sustainably produced, but breaks down at a similar rate to other polyamides? I think I heard they did find some things that’ll eat it though.

Either way, an improvement is an improvement. Now if only Prusament would get into PHA 😈

Does that bed have a PEI coating? PETg can stick to PEI so well that the combination is relatively well known for destroying beds. Plenty of people still print that way without issue, but it depends on having your first layer really well dialed in, or putting some adhesive between the two.