Customer Ratings & Reviews

I was skeptical when I saw Best Buy released their own filament, but I love it! I have a Bamboo P1S and it printed like a charm. The filament didn't need to be dried and spooled perfectly. I looked up the company that manufactures it and I see why I like it so much. Highly recommend.

Works as intended, seems to print just as well as other filaments I’ve gotten. Prints nicer than the micro-center stuff I’ve gotten in the past!

Works beautifully, easy to use, simple to install, satisfactory, high quality, well priced

Great and convenient. Glad I could buy it local. So far printed well.

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. Each Insignia spool comes in a cardboard box. Each spool is vacuum sealed with a desiccant packet. The filament comes on a cardboard spool. This spool is specifically PLA + Black. The difference between PLA and PLA + is the printing speed which is about 6% slower with PLA + compared to standard PLA. Parts are slightly more durable with PLA +. The finish on the PLA + is standard, it has a bit of a matte finish, it's not specifically labeled matte, it's just the standard PLA + finish. 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 PLA and dove straight into my first model with this PLA + Black. I also got a couple spools of Insignia PLA and for those spools, I have them assigned as Generic PLA High Speed in Bambu Studio. To my delight the first model with the standard presets for Generic PLA, turned out beautifully. There was no stringing, 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 10% 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. I'm very happy with this Insignia PLA + 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.

After having great success with Insignia's standard PLA, I picked up the PLA+ black to compare it against the Hatchbox filament we've been using for years on our Ender 3 Pro. The transition was seamless. Print quality remained excellent with smooth extrusion, consistent layer adhesion, and clean surface finishes without having to make major adjustments to our normal print profile. The cardboard spool also fed perfectly and is a welcome improvement over traditional plastic spools from an environmental standpoint. Note, some reviews call this out as a negative. I have not experienced any challenges up to this point between plastic or cardboard spool material. PLA+ costs only a few dollars more than the standard PLA, making it an easy upgrade when a project needs additional durability. While standard PLA is still my choice for prototypes and decorative prints, PLA+ provides a little more strength and impact resistance for functional parts, brackets, and components that will see regular use. Having a dependable PLA+ option available locally at Best Buy instead of waiting the day or two on Amazon has already proven to be a huge convenience, and the performance has been right on par with the Hatchbox filament we've trusted for years. We will keep a few rolls around of Insignia PLA going forward