Filaments Depot Recycled PETG 1.75mm 1kg

I have had 0 issues with my 1kg I bought on a 0.6mm nozzle. I did dry it at 55C for 24 hours and set an aggressive spiral Z-hop, which seems to have completely removed stringing. On a 0.4mm nozzle it clogged every 100m or so but this seems to be normal for re-extruded filaments. Compared to PETG I have found it to be slightly more brittle and far less transparent. The biggest thing that hurt quality overall was that there are air bubbles within the filament which show up on top surfaces. It also plows a fair amount so a low stick nozzle would be a good idea.

Colour is great. Prints well most of the time. Found that there were adhesion issues for items that were tall like a tower….but may just need to adjust the settings.

This recycled PETG is rubbish but, critically, it's CHEAP rubbish - assuming you're buying it for $12.99 like I did. I recently completed a week-long test printing project of over 60 different PETG formulations, including filaments from many different vendors and at least one spool of pretty much every color you can readily buy. This recycled PETG had BY FAR the worst print quality, including bubbles all over the outer walls, and that's AFTER dehydrating it at 65 Celsius for 8 hours. Only a handful of other spools I tested had any visible print defects and these were all corrected with a few more hours in the dehydrator. This recycled stuff... maybe it'll print better with more time in the dehydrator, or maybe I just happened to open a particularly bad spool for my first try, but the results were certainly not something you'd want to show off. And MY GOD the winding is truly something to behold, it'll be a miracle if there's not at least one tangle on every spool. It's like a child wound it while blindfolded. Hopefully you have an AMS with tangle detection and auto-backup like me. ALL OF THAT SAID, this stuff is still fine for prototyping, and that's why I bought it - in fact at $12.99 it's the cheapest PETG you can buy (AFAIK). If Digitmakers offered a bulk buy option, something like 20 spools for $200, I'd absolutely order it. Knowing its limitations, at $12.99 it's alright, but $10/KG would make it a frequent purchase, for me at least.

Overall liked this product, and I love that it's recycled. It strings a lot, but that's quite normal for PETg. It's good for mechanical parts/outdoor objects prototypes that won't need to look pretty. The black garbage bag colour has its charms!