DURA Touted as an ABS replacement

[Windshadow]

http://3dprint.com/125336/dura-filament ... ternative/

the more i look into the choices for filament the more confused I get

[Eaglezsoar]

http://3dprint.com/125336/dura-filament ... ternative/

the more i look into the choices for filament the more confused I get

Me too! When they added the Pasta group of filament I thought you could eat the things
you made from it! DUH!

[JFettig]

They have the mechanical properties listed and compared to abs, they look nothing alike. No more similar than abs to pla to petg.

[Windshadow]

just one of the confusing things.... and even i noticed that it would seem to require an all metal hot end while ABS does not

[IMBoring25]

They kind of shot their credibility when they said ABS has advantages over PLA that include being harder and less prone to warping.

[Captain Starfish]

If I wanted something that flexy I'd just use nylon.

[Xenocrates]

I must say, I think DURA is interesting, but honestly, a lot of the things I print want the vapor smoothing acetone can provide for ABS, and I don't know of many filaments that can match it. (I know I might be able to do something similar with CA and PLA, but that, as well as the smooth-on coating is much more expensive). Then again, I have a pile of filaments to play with already (3 five gallon buckets entirely full, and a few spools elsewhere), and it has no really compelling properties. I think I'll wait.