Customer Ratings & Reviews

The filament products at Best Buy are top notch and the best price in town!

Best Buy's filament selection is great and the prices are very reasonable!

For the price you cant beat it cant tell the difference between this and my more expensive rolls

Great quality, good value for the filament , and very easy to use

This product works great, is thick, and is great quality.

Used this filamment and had no issues i would recommend and use again

Worked Great on my Bambu X2D. Will definetally be buying more

Great product awesome for my new 3d printer awesome

Used this in my AMS HT to make a small Lego table.

pretty good filament for the price, works fine out the box but may need a little drying. havent had any problems with stringing or clogging

Good price, and was quick as did not have to wait to order as usual. Printed great.

I have a Bambu Lab P1S and I've picked up filaments from a few different companies over the years. I've been seeing Best Buy take on more 3D printing products and while I've seen Bambu Lab filaments on the site, I recently saw and was curious about their Insignia branded filaments. I tend to buy my filaments when I can get a good deal, I'll buy them up to 16 spools at a time in order to get pricing down towards $11/kg instead of the $20 I've paid for single spools. So to see some Best Buy spools running closer to the $11/kg target without having to buy in bulk quantities makes me very happy. PETG however, is not something I print with any regularity. I mostly print in PLA or PLA+, but once in a while I'll print in PETG when I want something that can withstand more heat or needs just a little bit of flexibility to withstand harsher use. I've also occasionally used PETG as a support for PLA parts or vice versa. Since the two materials oppose each other, the break between the two materials comes out quite cleanly. This Insignia PETG spool came in a cardboard box. This spool is vacuum sealed with a foil bag and contains a desiccant packet. The filament comes on a cardboard spool. This spool is specifically PETG Black. The finish on the PETG is glossy. The winding is neat and tight, with the end of the filament woven through a couple holes in the rim of the cardboard spool. The spool itself seems to match up with my existing plastic spool diameter. I did have some earlier Sunlu spools that needed additional rim diameter to work nicely with my AMS. I will note one of the smallest quirks. The winding direction on the spool is inconsistent. On one spool, it could be wound clockwise, the other counter-clockwise. The only way I could tell is because the Insignia brand sticker is only applied on one side of the spool. If they placed the Insignia brand sticker on both sides, I would not be able to tell. On the back of the box, Insignia has a decent chart that describes the recommended print settings of their various filament types. This is very handy for someone like me where I forget the print speed difference between things like PLA vs PLA +. If I were printing with my old Ender 3 Pro, I would be heavily invested in this chart. I would also print out a temperature tower and determine multiple printing factors. However, I wanted to see how this filament reacts to standard presets with my Bambu Lab printer. After I loaded the filament into the AMS, I selected the filament type as Generic PETG and dove straight into my first model with this PETG. To my delight the first model with the standard presets for Generic PETG, turned out beautifully. There was one wisp of a string, no overhang/bridging issues, layer lines were super consistent, there was no filament feed problems which gives me confidence that the 1.75mm diameter stayed true. I printed about 5% of the spool on my first model with this spool and I had no issues with tangles. I also noted there is very little to no odor while printing. As I mentioned I don’t print with PETG very much. For now, it will remain in my AMS which sits at about 25% humidity as I'm using it. But if I'm not using PETG, I'll throw it in a Food Saver bag and vacuum seal it with a desiccant packet to make sure there is low moisture. One thing to look out for is that the normal Food Saver setting will vacuum to the point of bending the spool, so I make sure to watch for that and flip over to the sealing option before the vacuum bends the spool. I'm very happy with this Insignia PETG Black filament. It yielded a very good print that was consistent and printed with ease. Since the price is nearing my bulk spool price, I can see myself getting more Insignia filament to replace a single color that I’m running low on in the future.

Works OK I don’t know if it’s my plate that wasn’t letting the stick but did other prints and it worked okay

Best Buy is selling their own Insignia branded 3d Printer Filaments now? Cool, it's nice to know there are physical locations I can go to pick up a few spools when needed rather than always have to order online. Eagle eyed among you may recognize the cardboard spools that these new filaments come on. That's because the manufacturer behind BestBuy's Insignia branded 3D printer filaments is none other than Polymaker, a well-known filament producer, so there's a somewhat known element behind this already. Following the description and cross referencing, I suspect it may be a custom blend for BestBuy but seems like Insignia PLA may be similar enough to "Polysonic", as Playmaker's polysonic advertises up to 300mm/s print speeds, while insignia says up to 350mm/s. While the PLA+ I think is polymaker PLA Pro, and the Insignia PETG is likely just Polymakers standard PETG. This part is all speculation on my part beyond the fact that I know for certain these are produced by Polymaker, beyond that if they are the same plastic formulations as the above-mentioned comparisons I cannot be sure, but those seem to be the closest matches to my eye. Now onto the filament itself as I have it, it's packed like most brands that come spooled like this, individually boxed and vacuum sealed with a desiccant packet to stave off moisture. As anyone who has been printing a while can tell you, moisture and humidity are the enemy. I was able to get away with unwrapping and immediately using the filament I was sent, and suspect that you could probably getting away with that in most areas, but for best results get a filament dryer and dry boxes to store your filament. If I was making parts for sale, I'd run each roll through my dryer before use. But most new hobbyists will likely not take these extra steps. My printer is a Bambu Labs A1 Mini, so my review is going to be from printing through this printer specifically. And not through a range of printers, as I only have the one printer to play with. Now while the vacuum sealing of the spools does cause the outer rim of the cardboard spool to get deformed a bit, this doesn't really cause me any issues as my spools hand through their center hole as opposed to running on rollers on the outer rim. If you use spools on rollers or through something like the bambu labs AMS pro/AMS2 consider printing those rings that snap onto the outer edge of the spool to help it feed. You can find the settings for each filament type Insignia has right on the back of the box. Depending on the speeds your printing at, you may need to dial in specific temps up or down within it's range for the best outcome based on the temp in the room you print in, and weather you have an open air printer like the A1 mini, or an enclosed printer. I'm no expert, for me, I'm just happy if printer go brrr and doesn't catch fire or waste my plastic by failing to adhere to the print bed or itself. For the most part the filament I have been using is Bambu Labs own selection, as I bought a lot when originally bought the printer. So comparing to the filament I have been using I am getting just as good of results out of Insignia's material as I have been getting from Bambu Labs own filament. Which is great for me, as it's hard to beat the pricing Best Buy has on the basic PETGs and PLAs and not needing to buy in bulk to get good pricing is great. I'm not sure what the deal behind it all is that lets BestBuy really give us such a great deal, but it really takes the edge off of buying materials for someone just starting out or doesn't print enough to justify bulk ordering to get these kinds of prices. For what I've been printing, beyond a few benchies to see how it all prints. I've printed some outlet covers for a few outlets in the house that needed replacements. And new dimmer switch slider caps. Because there were a few that were missing in the apartment. simple functional things mostly because one of 3D printings biggest boons is being able to solve simple household problems without running to the hardware store every time. With this PETG I also printed the skeleton to a Dummy 13 Figure at 200% size with great results, very minimal stringing on gaps, if you find you get a lot of stringing with PETG it just needs to be dried out, out of the box printing was pretty solid. Big recommend from me. As long as the colors you need/want are available in the material you need/want to use, I can't see a specific reason to pay more for a different brand. 3D printers aren't like desktop paper/ink printers, they aren't engineering it to force you to buy your printer filament from a single source, and the ONE 3d printer that did do that that I am aware of wasn't around for long. I'm going to recommend my colleges Makerspace Club consider this when it's time to replenish inventory.

After years of primarily printing with PLA and recently PLA+ on our Ender 3 Pro, trying PETG was a great way to expand what our printer can do. While PETG does require slightly higher temperatures and a little more tuning to minimize stringing, the extra durability is worth it for functional parts that need to handle impacts, heat, or outdoor use. We found it prints reliably once dialed in and produces strong, slightly flexible parts that hold up better than standard PLA. This was not without a ton of fine tuning, our printed is known for being a bit more difficult working through settings to get your desired final print quality. We relied on all the online tutorials to get it dialed in. I don't think we will use PETG as much as its quite the transition in settings from standard PLA we find that works for almost all items we print. I see us turning to PETG as our go-to choice for brackets, tool holders, and other projects where long-term strength matters, but only when ready for final prints. We have seen PLA end up cracking under certain scenarios so we will continue experimenting with PETG for increased durability but know there is not a simple transition using our specific printer when moving between filament types. Insignia Filament is in line with other brands we have used in the past with the convenience of being stocked locally at most Best Buy locations.

Testing the Insignia Black PETG was a great opportunity to see if it could be a good alternative to what is available on the market. The unique, sticky challenges of PETG printing without requiring a bunch of custom slicer settings can be a turnoff for many. For those used to the finicky nature of PETG, this spool is an incredibly pleasant surprise. When loaded onto the Bambu Lab P2S using the default "Generic PETG" profile in Bambu Studio, it printed beautifully right out of the gate with absolutely no manual adjustments or speed limits required. In fact, its flow rates and general printing speeds perform incredibly close to Bambu Lab's own proprietary High Flow PETG, letting you push the machine faster than you normally would with standard PETG. The bed adhesion on the textured PEI plate was exceptional, it laid down a flawless first layer that held perfectly solid throughout the entire print window, only to release with a satisfying, effortless pop once the plate completely cooled down. Despite being wound on a cardboard spool, it works flawlessly inside the Bambu AMS system. The spool itself is sturdy and rolls smoothly on the internal feeders without slipping, throwing errors, or leaving behind any of the annoying cardboard dust that cheaper paper spools are notorious for. While the general print quality is incredibly smooth and clean, the only real caveat comes down to part geometry. If you are printing models with a high density of close travel jumps, you will likely notice some of the classic PETG wispy stringing. If your models have a lot of detailed, closely spaced features, you will definitely want to dive into your slicer settings to tweak the retraction distance and travel speeds slightly to keep those jumps clean. Even with that minor physical characteristic of the material, it remains an incredibly reliable, low-maintenance choice that gives you high-speed, temperature-resistant black parts straight out of your AMS. This is a great addition to the 3D printing space and worth considering.

I'm not surprised that Insignia has jumped on the filament bandwagon. It seems like any tech and craft store now carries filament, either their own brand or another commercially made variety. 3d printing is a prime market right now and users go through spools and spools of the stuff. And for better or worse, filament in any chemical type (asa, abs, pla, petg, pla+, etc) should all be the same performance as long as colors stay accurate in the spool and between spools. And that was my experience here with Insignia. The PETG had a higher moisture content than I like working with out of it's packaging (33%), but I'm an old school printer and almost always throw filament in a dryer to bring it down to 20% or under. Once there, I put it in my printer and it performed exactly as expected. Good adhesion and color accuracy with only a little bit of stringing on some really tough prints. When I eventually ran out and had to continue a print with another brand, the color was an almost perfect match and no de-lamination occurred. I will say that I don't like using cardboard spools in any printer where the spools roll instead of are hung, but this spool is the standard 200mm and there are plenty of spool guards that users can print to protect their printer. Other than that, if you need some spools to finish a job, you'll like be able to use this.

I really like the soft black color of this filament. Using it with a Bambu A1 and have had no issues at all. I think a combination of the color and texture do a great job of minimizing layer lines. The packaging is nice, wound securely and easily unwinds without any tangles. The packaging is also recyclable, which is great. Print speeds were great and layer adhesion is solid. Flow was consistent as well. Printing a sample with this and my usually filament, the Insignia is a better quality with smoother edges. It is a good upgrade for tougher prints, when you need something with more strength than a PLA or something that needs a bit more flexibility. It is a solid filament that prints easily and has some more strength to it. Having more strength and flexibility also didn’t result in a noticeable difference in burn off odor. Easy to recommend that you give this as try as your go to filament. I’m a beginner 3d printer enthusiast and this was so easy to use. The value, performance, and strength are worth it for me. I’m looking forward to trying the TPU filament as well.