I had really high hopes that this could serve as a replacement for my Flashforge Creator Pro Heat Pads. The FF Creator Pro Pads work great but seem to only be available through their site and at the hefty price of $12 a sheet. I figured this got good reviews and comes up in many forums. It should be noted that I'm a pretty experienced printer with realistic expectations. Unfortunately, BuildTak failed most of them. I was optimistic as I looked over the sheets, they come three a pack and the surface looked promising. I peeled off one of the backs to apply and soon realized that the glue didn't seem to be very strong, and only barely adhered to a clean bed. I releveled and began a pretty straight forward print. Good news is that the print stuck to the bed, the bed news was that when it was done, the print wouldn't release. When it did, it took a large chunk of tape with it and since the rest didn't connect to the bed anyway, the first sheet was gone. Round Two: Rinse and repeat with a new print, now the entire sheet came off along with the print. Round three: More of the same, luckily only a small piece came off and I was able to patch it with some painter's tape for now, but I do not recommended these if you are more than the occasional printer. You get one print a sheet. By way of contrast, the Flashforge Pads, are much thicker, adhere very well to the bed, and last about 20 prints each. Guess I'm spending $12 again.
I had really high hopes that this could serve as a replacement for my Flashforge Creator Pro Heat Pads. The FF Creator Pro Pads work great but seem to only be available through their site and at the hefty price of $12 a sheet. I figured this got good reviews and comes up in many forums. It should be noted that I'm a pretty experienced printer with realistic expectations. Unfortunately, BuildTak failed most of them. I was optimistic as I looked over the sheets, they come three a pack and the surface looked promising. I peeled off one of the backs to apply and soon realized that the glue didn't seem to be very strong, and only barely adhered to a clean bed. I releveled and began a pretty straight forward print. Good news is that the print stuck to the bed, the bed news was that when it was done, the print wouldn't release. When it did, it took a large chunk of tape with it and since the rest didn't connect to the bed anyway, the first sheet was gone. Round Two: Rinse and repeat with a new print, now the entire sheet came off along with the print. Round three: More of the same, luckily only a small piece came off and I was able to patch it with some painter's tape for now, but I do not recommended these if you are more than the occasional printer. You get one print a sheet. By way of contrast, the Flashforge Pads, are much thicker, adhere very well to the bed, and last about 20 prints each. Guess I'm spending $12 again.