MIKA3D Shine Silk Metallic Gold PLA 3D Printer Filament Bundle 12 Spools Pack, 1.1lbs Spool 1.75mm Widely Compatible, 12 Popular Silk Shiny Gold Colors, with Extra One Bottle of Solid Stick Gift

Clean colors

Prints really smooth. These are small rolls though

Arrived as expected. Works great with Bambulabs p1s as long as it is installed as an external filament. Will not work in AMS.

I purchased both the assorted packages for both "bright shine" and "silky shine metallic gold", so this review reflects my experience with both types of Mika3D PLA filament. UPDATE: I have continued to struggle with this filament under-extruding/jamming, particularly when printing finer detail with a 0.25mm nozzle. Fortunately, I just found a setting in PrusaSlicer that seems to have solved this problem by limiting the maximum flow/pressure. By setting the "Max volumetric speed" I'm able to keep the extruder from attempting to push too much filament through too quickly and avoid this brittle filament breaking off in hobbed bolt grooves and eventually slipping. Prusa suggests a default value of Layer Height × Extrusion Width × Speed. My Prusa Mini with Bondtech extruder upgrade and 0.25mm nozzle is currently printing with a max volumetric speed of 0.75mm³/s and no sign of under-extrusion. This is conservative and I plan on testing higher flow rates since it nearly doubled my print time but, if the other option is wasting time being frustrated by failed prints and extrusion issue or throwing away the 20+ different rolls of Mika3D filament I've purchased, I consider this a win. --- ORIGINAL REVIEW: Once I got my settings dialed in for good print bed adhesion (configuration below), I was quite pleased with this filament for larger low-detail items such as toys and brackets. The primary difficulty I've found with this filament is that it's too brittle for the extruder gears to move back and forth repeatedly for detailed work. Any time I've tried to print at 0.10mm or less. The first several layers print beautifully in fine detail (0.05-0.10mm) but, as the extruder gears move the filament back and forth, the sides break off and collect in the extruder gear teeth. This results in less traction and more friction on the same spot. Eventually the filament stops extruding and, when I unload it, you can see where sides are ground down to a narrow point where the gears no longer had enough traction.. It's worth noting that the temperature tower I printed (see photo) showed consistently good quality between 190C and 215C with significant stringing starting around 220C. Original Prusa i3 MK3S (PC bed) Recommended Settings: Layer Height: 0.15mm or higher Extruder Temp (first layer): 230C Extruder Temp (other): 215C Bed Temp (first layer): 80C Bed Temp (other): 70C

MIKA3D Silk Shiny PLA 3D Printer Filament Bundle: Orange, Yellow, Lime Green MIKA3D Silk Shiny PLA 3D Printer Filament Bundle: Champagne Gold, Pink, Pearl White MIKA3D Silk Shiny PLA 3D Printer Filament Bundle: Pearl White, Ruby Red, Sapphire Blue MIKA3D Silk Shiny PLA 3D Printer Filament Bundle: Emerald Green, Pearl White, Purple MIKA3D Silk Shiny PLA 3D Printer Filament Bundle: Gold, Silver, Copper MIKA3D Silk Shiny PLA 3D Printer Filament Bundle: Coffee Gold, Black Gold, Rose Gold 32 Colors 3D Pen PLA Filament Refills See all those products listed above? Yes, I've purchased ALL OF THEM. So that should tell you that I like the Mika 3D brand, and I do! The "shiny silk" colors are unique and gorgeous, and I'm proud to own them all. Heck, I even have them on display in my printing closet! The filaments don't jam and make smooth, beautiful prints that I love the look of. With that said, let's make sure you know your use case. "Shiny" colors work best on prints where the filament layers are working together and all oriented in the same direction--like statues and vases. For "busy" prints where the filaments have to be laid down at cross purposes to one another, matte colors are best because a shiny filament will reflect light every which way and can look garish or distracting. I've attached a video to demonstrate the difference between shiny and matter. (The matte white on the left is TIANSE and the shiny white on the right is Mika's Pearl White.) A note on color: There are two pinks in these bundles, but they are different. The pink in the champagne-pink-white set is a more traditional baby pink, while the rose gold in the pink-brown-black set has golden-brown undertones. Both are gorgeous and worth buying. In closing, I love this filament and will be buying it again; I'm about to make Mika my single source for filament purchases. The only thing I do not like is the vendor begs you repeatedly for reviews as soon as you hit the buy button. Give me a few weeks to whip up some prints, Mika! Chill out. ~ Ana Mardoll ---------- IMAGES: - Matte Vs Shiny video is on the Mika Pearl White. - Numbered markers are TIANSE matte white (left) and Mika Pearl White (right). - Lava platform is Mika Black Gold. - Status rings are Mika Gold ("frightened"), Emerald Green ("poisoned"), Pearl White ("blessed"), and Champagne Gold ("deafened").

Nice filament so easy to use I would buy it again. The seller got back to me fast with my questions.

***editting again because every time I try to use this crap I hate it even more. I didn’t want to be wasteful but at this point it’s more of a hassle. I’m up at 1 am cleaning little broken filament pieces out of my tubing and my hot end because it’s such crap. The pics are from 8/1 when the brown decided to break and clog up my whole printer. I hate this stuff!!!!*** ***editting because I’m just so frustrated that I’m going to throw all this filament away and since it’s past the return window I’m just throwing away money**** This filament breaks SO much that it’s constantly breaking even when trying to extrude it. I’ve had to disassemble my printers and pull out every broken bit so many times because it just breaks so much. In my Anycubic printers with tubing, it breaks in the tubing. In my creality printers it breaks mid print and I can’t even trust to leave it unsupervised. It breaks in small pieces getting stuck in the extruded and causing me to have to disassemble my extruded and fish out tiny half inch pieces that are blocking the other mechanisms. This filament is a good price but it snaps really easy. Like mid print it has snapped off on me. It is frustrating too because then I have to babysit the machine until the filament gets to the extruder so I can add new filament to the print. I’m past my return window but will not be buying this again.

This Silky Shiny Gold, Silver and Copper PLA filament pack is just amazing. These filaments are of high quality, with a diameter of 1.75 mm / 0.069 inches, which ensures an accurate and clog-free print. The three colors included are magnificent. Silky, shiny gold, silver and copper are rich and vibrant, creating beautiful, detailed designs. In addition, the silky, shiny texture of the filaments is impressive, adding a sleek and sophisticated look to 3D printed objects. The quality of the filaments is exceptional, and they adhere very well to the printing platform without deforming. Printing is smooth and fluid, producing a high-quality end result. Also, these filaments are very easy to use and do not tangle, which makes the printing process much easier. Overall, I am very impressed with the Silky Shiny Gold, Silver and Copper PLA Filament pack, 1.75mm / 0.069in. The quality of the filaments is excellent, and the colors are simply stunning. If you are looking for high quality filaments for 3D printing, this pack is a great option!

The small Flashforge Adventurer 3 that I have on my yacht needs these smaller spools. Sure, they're a little bit more expensive than larger spools, but who cares. For the convenience it's worth it. The filament prints a bit stringy, but that may be a function of the Bowden tube drive on the printer. I'll experiment with larger retractions and it will probably solve that.

les couleurs sont intéressantes, changé les spec. de chauffage de la buse et du plateau, car ça ne tenait pas bien. matériel plus cassant que celui que j'utilise normalement `flashforge`.

First of all I have to say we (me and my 10yo son, are pretty new to 3D printing. We are using an Ender 3 S-1 printer. We have printed about 25 to 30 projects before using the MIKA3D filaments. We bough the 12 bright silk colors box. My son wanted to try printing small toys and gidgets of different colors and we thought this pack woul be a great choice. The colors are great, pretty bright and vivid. We had absolutely no problem using the usual 200 nozzle/60 bed configuation. We made sure the bed was levelled. By the way....just make sure you perform your Z axis and Z offset when your nozzle and bed are at required temperature. The prints came out perfectly and with all the details. We had not adherence problem at all, even with small parts not having a brim. So as our experience is limited, I can't compare with many others........but they really perfomeed as well as the more expensive filaments we are using. I will reorder different colors....and we are eager to try a fluorescent and a light in the dark filament from MIKA3D!

The filament was delivered quickly and looks really great printed.

Great stuff, nice prints. Awesome price.