OVERTURE Silk Filament PLA 1.75mm Clog-Free Shiny 3D Printer Filament, 1kg Spool (2.2lbs), Dimensional Accuracy +/- 0.02 mm, Fit Most FDM Printer(Silk Gold)

This filament is the brown I used for Grogu's robe; aside from being a nice color on its own, the shade goes very well with the filaments from Sunlu's Meta line (I used "apple green" and "pink" in this print). Overture at its normal price is a bit expensive for me, but on sale it was a great deal. It prints well on my Bambu Lab A1 Mini using Bambu Studio's "generic PLA" profile, though (at least when printing with a .4 mm nozzle at a .16 mm layer height) I had to increase "top Z" distance from .16 mm to .2 mm to make the supports easier to remove. For this print, I supported the robe under the collar and under the raised arm, but I couldn't find a way to support the cuff on the lowered arm in a way that let me remove the support without snapping off his middle finger; I was pleased to find this filament did quite a respectable job on the overhang even so (see pics). To be clear, I did support the fingertips, just not the cuff in front or behind them. I defintely didn't get a ruler, build surface, or opaque bag like some reviewers did; packaging must have changed sometime in the last five years. I really appreciate the thoroughness of the spool sticker in giving not only the recommended printing temperatures, but also the recommended print speed and empty spool weight. Some brands of filament don't list spool weight anywhere, meaning you have to eyeball whether there's enough filament left on a roll to finish a print. Ugh. I also like the fact that the spools are cardboard, since 3d printing creates enough waste already. (Yes, PLA is theoretically recyclable, but you can't recycle it at most municipal recycling facilities.) However, it's my understanding that cardboard doesn't necessarily play nice with certain printers in which the roll rests on a surface rather than being suspended from a bar through its middle; I can't speak to whether the "upgraded reinforced edges" Overture touts fix that issue.

Had some issues with adhesion on default settings, thinking I may need to add a bit of heat, but 99% of my prints have turned out just fine, was just some issues with threaded/circular bits. I have done zero tuning for the filament, using default Kobra S1 Silk PLA profile and getting very pretty prints, and seem to be strong too. A little bit of stringing but very minimal, have not dried the filament either, just tossed it from the bag onto the reel. Would buy again. Overture always seems to be good quality. Love the cardboard reels.

Great filament! We used this to make trophies and they turned out shiny and beautiful

I must give this company 5 stars for their high level of support which goes beyond what other filament suppliers might do when there are problems. In fact It may be that my own printer (Ender 3 Pro) is what’s responsible for the issues which kept me initially from being able to get any successful prints out of this purchase. I contacted the company and was offered a replacement roll as well as graciously sending me the recommended slicer settings. Iris has been patient and helpful. Thus far I’ve been able to successfully print some small pieces from the replacement roll using a seemingly endless number of variations of slicer settings. It is possible that the original roll may have been from a bad batch or maybe something changed on my printer which just happened to coincide with the purchase and use of this filament or maybe the Gold Silk just happens to be much trickier to work with than other materials. It is significant that when printing the same parts with the same printer, all other PLA and SILK filaments including one other Overture filament, always print perfectly for me without any clogging of the hot end. But as soon as I switch to the Overture Silk Gold, it is difficult to get a decent print. It’s perhaps a significant fact that printing with the replacement roll did somewhat decrease the frequency of clogging. Also changing the various parameters in Cura and running seemingly endless test prints on each change over the last few weeks has resulted in being able to successfully printed some objects. Take what you can from this incomplete write-up, because I am still unable to determine whether this material just doesn’t tolerate retraction or if indeed there is a problem with my printer. I don’t know. I will continue to try some other use cases with the replacement roll and (who knows?) future experience might reveal what is truly happening. All I can say for now is If you do buy this product, experienced it clogging your hot end as I have, and found a work around, I’d be very interested in knowing what the solution turned out to be. …will update this if the Gold Silk printing issue is solved 🥴. Here is a quick update to the above write-up, many months later…. I have found a compromise in printing with this filament. Cura settings: temp <195, max speed= 12mm/sec., flow 97%, cool =100%, retract < 0.8mm (I realize this is painfully slow and stringing is a mess. But with some clean-up afterward it is probably worth the effort.). Here is my taco holder design printed with this filament.

I have only used Overture filaments so far but this was my first Silk PLA. Like all other Overture PLA's, i found it easy to work with, especially since Orca Slicer has a built-in profile just for this filament (but i changed it to 230 C nozzle temp). I have a modded base Ender 3 which isn't going to do miracles obviously. No issues sticking to my glass build plate, and at least so far the spool is fine. The only reason i'm deducting a star is the actual color is very different from the store image color and it's not nearly as shiny either. It's advertised as #f9e352 but i find it to be more orange than that.

This rainbow 3D filament printed beautifully. The color transitions are smooth and vibrant, with no muddy tones each layer blends perfectly into the next and really makes prints pop. The filament fed consistently with no tangling, clogging, or adhesion issues, and the layer lines came out clean and crisp.

inn the picture it's black but in realty it's blue, so...? i have nothing to say any more.

Selon moi, c’est le meilleur filament TPU sur le marché ! Sa flexibilité est parfaite pour presque toutes les utilisations, et il est très facile à imprimer. Les résultats sont bien et réguliers . je recommande sans hésiter !

This stuff is printing smoother than PLA. I am amazed. And more flexible than i had thought it would be. Well I'll be ordering a bunch more and reprinting a ton of things in this TPU. AMAZING STUFF! Perfect for Cosplay stuff easy no clog filament. VERY IMPRESSED!

Bel colore di PLA, ormai la overture è una garanzia di qualità. Raramente trovo groviglio o nodi. Unica pecca la. Bobina in cartone che per ams è sconsigliata

Wirklich tolles Filament. PLA ist an sich ja immer easy zu drucken. Das PLA von Overture ist aber besonders gut in der Qualität. Ich habe das Filament ausgepackt und sofort ein perfektes Druckergebnis erhalten, ohne dass ich das Material aufwendig getrocknet habe. Natürlich würde ich aber immer raten, eine neue Rolle zu trocknen. (In dem Fall hier war ich nur zu ungeduldig)