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Creality Soleyin Basic PETG 3D Printing Filament 1kg - Black

Creality Soleyin Basic PETG 3D Printing Filament 1kg - Black

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  • 1.75 mm filament diameter
  • ±0.02 mm tolerance
  • 1 kg spool
  • 12 color options

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Summary

Creality’s budget everyday PETG on 1 kg spools in 12 colors, rated 230-250 C nozzle, roughly 70-85 C bed and 40-80 mm/s, with a non-abrasive formula that needs no enclosure. Check your filament before printing: owner reports describe batch and color variation and spools that arrive wet, so dry it first and tune per color.

Strengths

  • Low price for name-brand PETG: $11.99 a spool on the Creality US store (regular $16.99).
  • Non-abrasive, so a standard brass nozzle works and no enclosure is required.
  • Straightforward settings: 230-250 C nozzle, roughly 70-85 C bed, 40-80 mm/s.
  • Owners on Creality’s channels praise affordability and printability, including heat-resistant parts.
  • NFC-tagged spools readable by SimplyPrint, plus 12 color options.

Weaknesses

  • No independent instrumented test of this exact filament exists; strength and dimensional claims rest on manufacturer and retailer copy.
  • Owners report batch and color variation, spools that need extensive drying, and occasional rolls that print poorly even after drying.
  • Print temperatures are not on the Creality store page; they come from retailer spec sheets and Creality’s universal guide.
  • Bed and nozzle guidance differs by source (70-85 C vs 60-100 C bed; 230-250 C vs 210-250 C nozzle).
  • Creality’s “up to 200 mm/s” claim conflicts with FilaScope, which does not classify it as high-speed capable.
  • Store reviews are Creality-store-specific and not independent test data.

Verified specifications

MaterialPETG (polyethylene terephthalate glycol).
Diameter1.75 mm, tolerance +/-0.02 mm.
Spool weight1 kg (1000 g) net filament.
Colors12, including Black.
Nozzle temperature230-250 C (240 C recommended by Creality’s universal guide).
Heated bed70-85 C per retailer spec sheet (60-100 C in Creality’s universal guide).
Print speed40-80 mm/s per retailer spec sheet; Creality’s blog claims up to 200 mm/s.
Cooling fan20-50%.
Density1.24 g/cm3.
Abrasive (hardened nozzle needed)no.
Enclosed printer requiredno.
NFC/RFIDCreality CFS tags on spools, readable by SimplyPrint.
Empty spool weight290 g (one user-contributed profile entry for Basic Black).
Drying reference for PETG60 C for 8-12 hours.
Warranty and returns14-day return window; “up to 12-month” warranty on the Creality store.
Full research notes and sources

Manufacturer-aligned guidance puts the nozzle at 230-250 C, the bed at roughly 70-85 C, speed at 40-80 mm/s, and fan at 20-50%, with no enclosure required. Creality’s universal CR-PETG reference widens the bed to 60-100 C (90 C recommended) and keeps the nozzle at 230-250 C (240 C recommended); one user-contributed profile database lists 210-250 C. The Creality store page itself does not print temperatures, so the numbers come from retailer spec sheets and Creality’s parameter guide. Creality’s blog separately claims support for up to 200 mm/s, while FilaScope does not classify it as high-speed capable. Density is 1.24 g/cm3 per the Open Filament Database, and the filament is not abrasive, so a hardened nozzle is not needed. The drying reference for PETG is 60 C for 8-12 hours.

Creality US store lists $11.99 (regular $16.99), with ladder discounts to $10.19 at 5 rolls, $9.59 at 10, and $8.99 at 20. FilaScope tracked a flat $11.99 over 28 days, lowest on 2026-04-30. A South Africa retailer lists R249.00 per 1 kg spool. At $11.99 it sits at the low end of name-brand PETG and under many competitors; above roughly $15-17 a roll the advantage over better-documented brands such as Overture, Polymaker and eSUN shrinks. Ownership costs are limited to drying electricity and desiccant, since no capsule or hardened nozzle is needed.

Owner reports and consistency

Owners on Creality’s channels praise affordability and printability, with one Facebook poster using it across all heat-resistant parts and a Creality Cloud poster buying five rolls. Prusa forum owners report Creality PETG generally prints well on a generic PETG profile, with red and black performing reliably. Caution signals come from the broader Soleyin and Creality PETG family: poor bed adhesion, color-to-color inconsistency, spool tangling or unwinding, and filament that needs extensive drying, plus occasional rolls that print poorly even after drying. One owner discarded a roll; another found drying helped at first but problems returned halfway through the spool, attributing it to a lack of spool holes for inner-layer drying. These are signals, not defect rates, and they concern the broader family as much as this exact line. A Reddit thread exists in r/Creality but its content was not extractable.

Is it worth it?

At $11.99 the spool is priced at the low end of name-brand PETG and under many competitors (Prusa PETG roughly double in some markets). Value is good for everyday functional printing if the buyer dries the spool and tunes settings; the main risk is batch and color variability reported for Soleyin filaments generally. Above roughly $15-17 a roll the advantage over better-documented brands shrinks. The 200 mm/s claim should not be treated as guaranteed speed on every printer.

Which model this is

This page covers Creality Soleyin Basic PETG, 1 kg spool, 1.75 mm, Black. Brand is Creality; “Soleyin” is Creality’s Soleyin sub-line. Do not mix with Creality Hyper PETG, CR-PETG, or Soleyin Ultra PLA, which are different formulations. No separate model number, SKU prefix or revision code is published for the filament line; individual color SKUs exist (e.g. 3301030165 for Milk Tea Brown). The Black variant on the US store is variant 52865932296557. Spools carry Creality CFS NFC tags readable by SimplyPrint. Warranty is “up to 12-month” with a 14-day return window on the Creality store.

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