FlexiTough Flexible Filament Developed Specifically for Printing Airless Basketballs,1.75mm,1KG (2.2lbs),Compatible with Most FDM Printers,Orange

This is a project I have wanted to do for a long time now and I’m so glad I did. It was super easy to print, it prints like PLA. Bed adhesion is really good, possibly too good. I was able to print a full size basketball (double lattice) and a tennis ball (single lattice) with a little bit of filament to spare. The layers look great.Yes it does actually bounce and is certainly playable. The bounce isn’t exactly as good as a standard basketball, but it’s honestly pretty good and very impressive. Took 216 hours to print, probably could have gone faster and certainly could have done less supports (they are extremely difficult to remove due to the strength). No print failures. Highly recommended this for anyone looking to print a basketball!

Printed great with presets in our Flashforge Adventurer 5m. Has really great camo-like effect and we printed some cool stumps for our pet snakes habitat!

The media could not be loaded. This filament is amazing!!! Expensive, yes, but it is well worth the price tag. However, I recommend changing the speeds in the setting to all about half the default, but all the other settings in the 3MF file worked great except for the fact that it tells you to use the 0.6mm nozzle settings even if you have a 0.4mm, instead of using the wrong setting, which i found doesn’t even let the print start, use the regular setting, it worked for me anyways. The ball bounces slightly less than a regular ball, but is still great. You should also sand down some spots around the bottom after removing the supports. The supports are pretty difficult to take off and I still can’t get the last bit off. The print uses about 700 grams of filament and the roll is only 1000 grams, so you only have one shot, so make sure all the settings are correct. The print takes about 36 hours if you slow it down. Once it is done, instantly pop it off the build plate then put it back in the printer to cool. Wait about 30 mins — 1 hour then you can start taking off the supports with a razor blade, pliers, and your hands. BE VERY CAREFUL while taking off the supports so as too not damage the ball. Then use 200 grain sandpaper or higher the grind down any rough parts of the ball and where the supports used to be. Finally, go back over it with finer sandpaper to smooth it out. The ball is the exact size of an nba ball and only weighs about 20 grams more so it is perfect for a game. It looks very cool 10/10.Pros:very similar to nba ballbounces welldoesn’t breaklooks coolCons:hurts so catch on a pass because it plastickind of roughhard to remove supportsOverall I very much recommend this filament!!!

Printed fine but I did not receive the gradient color that the photos show. Just a slightly patchy off green, and mostly gray color. You can see the dragon I printed in the photo and the egg. Both just look gray instead of green and yellow.

Love the color mashup however you need to print something rather big on order for the colors to start changing. It took me 4 tries before the color started changing on a single print. Not what I was expecting.

This Military Rainbow Filament is so awesome, it's honestly the best filament for doing reptiles and other critters, will definitely be stocking up on this stuff...well worth the price!

Why did you pick this product vs others?:The color combination is what I was looking for. Color:The military "rainbow" of tan, olive drab and green is cool, the matte finish is good for military themed prints.Filament quality:Quality of the filament seems to be good, but the winding/spooling operation was abysmal. Out of the past 20+ spools I've used with no issues, this spool couldn't last an hour or so without supervision and intervention by pulling the strand out from underneath the other windings. At first I thought it was just an issue with the initial few outer layers, but it worsened during a 7 hour print in the final hour or so until it became catastrophic. 5 stars for the material itself and the color combination, but whoever screwed up the spooling or quality assurance was asleep at the wheel. If it happens again I will avoid this brand.

Update: started out good but about half way through the spool the filament was tangled and unusable. Would not recommendGreat product. I'm new to printing so still learning but so far this was a really good product. The quality of the print seemed consistent and feels like the supports were easy to remove without causing damage to the product. I like the light shine also on the final print.