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Ordered my first 3d printer (ender 3 v3). What filaments should I buy why they're on sale for black Friday?

I already ordered 1kg hyper pla white from creality ($8). What else I can buy during black Friday? I'm not sure what I'll be printing other than trinkets and household items. These are the ones I currently have in my cart. Please let me know your thoughts and advice.

White petg 1kg from creality $6

Anycubic: petg texture gray, pla+ black, Pla strawberry pink - $26

Please let me know if I should get something else instead.

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Avoid ABS. Stinky and weak.
- Yup, try PETG, it’s pretty versatile and resistant to most things (aside from very high temperatures).
  
  Avoid PETG and use the even better PCTG.
- Yes, choose ASA. Less stinky and UV resistant.
  
  Stinky is an understatement - ABS is literally toxic (enough that a longer print can kill a small bird in the room) and while ASA is toxic as well, it is less so.
  Nevertheless both require a good exhaust/filter solution.
A filament dryer.
Those are fine picks.
Grab some big ziplock bags and a pack of desiccant sachets to keep the filaments dry while in storage.
- Addendum: If nozzles are cheap, you could pick some up. They are consumable parts.
  And you could grab a tighter nozzle too, for better details in your prints. (Though the print time goes up dramatically!)
  
  or just buy a proper nozzle with a tungsten or ruby tip.
  
  How frequently would I need to replace a nozzle?
Dual color silk filaments are fun. The print looks a different color depending on the angle.
Printed Solid Jessie filament has become most of my stash, its mid-priced filament that prints like premium. I use PLA for most stuff and PETG if its going to get sun or if PLA would be too brittle. I also use some flexibles (TPU) but each printer is different in how it handles soft filaments, so its hard to recommend.
If you experiment with other types of filaments, be sure your plate can handle it. PETG will stick too well to some plate coatings. Prusa has a good matrix to help.
- Another vote for Jessie, I agree on premium prints at mid price
Creality and Anycubic are fine. If you're looking for a general low-cost manufacturer try "TINMORRY" if they're available in your region, I've good experiences with those.
For really high quality take a look at extrudr.
Do yourself a favour though, don't buy bulks of filament from those cheap AliExpress brands (like Tecbears, Geeetech and such). They're cheap and really bad.
- Eryone and Jayo are pretty good (and cheap) too. I didn’t have issues with Tecbears PLA I got from Amazon
  
  Jayo is literally SUNLU,btw.
Long time I haven't ordered any creality filament but they were not great few years ago, hopefully they are better now. Filament is sensitive to humidity, store in a dry place especially open spools. If you pinch filament in half and it breaks, that means it is really humid and you will have some printing issues, if so you need to dry filament. Another advice unrelated to filament is to watch some videos to learn how to operate, maintain,... The more you watch, the better. Get in some discord forum for ender 3 or creality printers so you can get some help from people who owns same printer.
For PLA: SUNLU/Jayo(same company) for standard stuff Polymaker for special stuff
PCTG: Extrudr
ASA: Black Forest Filaments(if in Europe), Extrudr, Spectrum

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