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Best 3D Printer Filament Deals: 5 Great Rolls for All Your Printing Needs

To save you time and money, we've scoured the web for the best discounts on a variety of filaments.

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James Bricknell Senior Editor
James has been writing about technology for years but has loved it since the early 90s. While his main areas of expertise are maker tools -- 3D printers, vinyl cutters, paper printers, and laser cutters -- he also loves to play board games and tabletop RPGs.
Expertise 3D printers, maker tools such as Cricut style vinyl cutters and laser cutters, traditional paper printers Credentials
  • 6 years working professionally in the 3D printing space / 4 years testing consumer electronics for large websites.
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$120 at Elegoo
Ten rolls of black filament
Elegoo bulk PLA (black): $110
Save $40
$23 at Amazon
A roll of blue filament with a deer in front
Creality Hyper Series PLA: $23
Save $6
$21 at Amazon
2 viking skull cups in titanium and gold plastic
Flashforge Burnt Titanium PLA: $22
Save $14
$19 at Amazon
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Overture PETG (black): $19
Save $5
$28 at Amazon
Multi color filament roll on an orange background
Creality Rainbow PLA: $16
Save $4

3D printing has come a long way in the past few years, and there are tons of budget-friendly printers 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.


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Ten rolls of black filament
Elegoo

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 $11, a fantastic bargain. It's only black PLA, but it's good enough if you're postprocessing it anyway.

Ten rolls of filament for $110 is amazing, and if you can afford the initial outlay, you'll save yourself a bunch of money.

A roll of blue filament with a deer in front
Creality

Hyper PLA is designed for the new generation of fast 3D printers. It has a higher viscosity than other PLA, meaning it flows better at high speed. If you have a Bambu P1P or the Creality K1, this is the type of material you should be using when printing at full speed. 

2 viking skull cups in titanium and gold plastic
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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. Right now, you can save an extra 10% if you clip the coupon as well.

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.

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Overture

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, as long as the nozzle can get hot enough.

Multi color filament roll on an orange background
Creality

Rainbow filament is a great look on models like vases as it has an interesting transition to an otherwise uniform design. Creality's rainbow PLA has a fairly short transition through the colors, so you can see a lot of the rainbow effect on smaller models as well as larger ones. 


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