Best 3D Printer Filament Deals: PLA, ABS, PETG and more
3D printing has come a long way in the past few years, and there are tons of budget-friendly printers that you can snag for around $200 or less right now. To make sure your new printer is ready to go, you’ll need some filament to get started. To help you stock up on printing materials without breaking the bank, we’ve rounded up some of the best deals on filament below.
Filament comes in all different colors and chemical compositions — which our best 3D-printing filament list explains in more detail — and ranges in price from less than $20 to hundreds of dollars, depending on what you need. Buying filament in bulk is often necessary. To save you some time and money, we’ve scoured the web for the best discounts on a variety of filaments.
If you want to create a huge project or print the same thing over and over, you need a lot of filament. Elegoo’s bulk discount makes each roll cost just $10, a fantastic bargain. It’s only black PLA, but it’s good enough if you’re postprocessing it anyway.
Ten rolls of filament for $100 is amazing and if you can afford the initial outlay you’ll save yourself a bunch of money.
Burnt Titanium PLA is the only filament I have on a subscription from Amazon. I get a fresh roll every month. So when it’s on sale, even if it’s only a few dollars off, I end up saving a ton.
The mix of purple, blue, black and silver flecks makes layer lines vanish and gives one of the nicest finishes you can get on a 3D print that you haven’t sanded and painted yourself.
More experienced printers may want to grab this spool of Overture PETG filament while it’s on sale at Amazon. It’s one of our favorite filaments on the market right now, and while it’s a little harder to work with than PLA filament, it offers the heat-resistance of ABS filaments without the toxic fumes. It’s compatible with most FDM printers.
Rainbow filament is great. Glow-in-the-dark filament is great. Rainbow glow-in-the-dark filament is a work of art. This color-changing filament can be rough on your nozzles, so be careful, but if you are OK with a little abrasion, you can make some amazing models. And it is 50% off right now. Bargain.
This gorgeous purple PLA from Voxelab has small flecks of glitter that help reduce visible layer lines and looks amazing once it’s printed. Finding filaments that look good printed without the need for post-processing can be difficult, but this lovely material is perfect for it.
Sunlu has been making filament for a while now, and it offers excellent quality at a low price, especially when you buy in bulk. If you’re working with ABS and you need to lay in a store of spools, Sunlu is a great option. You can buy this budget filament without worrying about its quality. This bundle comes with eight colors: black, white, red, green, blue, orange, yellow and gray.
