What's the most rigid filament?

Made with Layers (Thomas Sanladerer) September 29, 2025
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Thanks to PCBWay for sponsoring a part of this video! Easily order PCB(A)s, 3D prints and CNC machined and sheet metal parts at https://pcbway.com PPS-CF and PPA-CF have seen a lot of hype - but is their boost in part stiffness worth the 10x price increase over simple PLA? Filaments shown - ordered by amount used Prusament https://go.toms3d.org/Prusament Bambu Lab https://go.toms3d.org/bambufibers Proto-Pasta (HTPLA) https://go.toms3d.org/ProtoTom/ DAS FILAMENT https://dasfilament.de Colorfabb https://go.toms3d.org/colorfabbXT Peopoly https://peopoly.net/collections/peopoly-lancer-filaments Sunlu https://go.toms3d.org/Sunlu VoxelPLA https://voxelpla.com/madewithlayersundefined 🩵 Support the channel by shopping through my affiliate links Buy Bambu Lab printers and printer accessories https://go.toms3d.org/Bambu Buy Prusa Research printers and printer accessories https://go.toms3d.org/prusa/ Tools I use: 🔩 Onshape Cloud-native CAD (free for Makers) https://onshape.pro/ThomasSanladerer 🎵 Epidemic Sound for video music (30-day trial) https://share.epidemicsound.com/MadeWithLayers 📷 Camera gear and recording equipment (not free, unfortunately) https://toms3d.org/my-gear 🎧 Check out the Meltzone Podcast (with CNC Kitchen)! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzUgJrG-w_KQexroYkJR9XQ 👐 Enjoying the videos? Support my work on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/toms3dp

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