PLA

Hatchbox · PLA · Baby Blue

PLAEditor's Pick

US hobbyist staple: widely available on Amazon Prime, consistent quality, and sold in a huge color range.

45 colors

1.24 g/cm³ · ±0.02 mm · OFD 2026-08-25

Nozzle

210 °C

190°tune within range230°

Bed

60 °C

50°tune within range70°

New here? Nozzle = printing temperature in your slicer, bed = build plate. Start at the big number.

Nozzle is the hot-end temperature: enter it as the printing temperature in your slicer. Start at the big number; the range is the safe window to tune within.
Bed is the heated build plate: your slicer calls it bed temperature. It helps prints stick.
OFD is the Open Filament Database, the community-maintained database this catalog is built on.

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Print profile

Free downloadable print profile

Sets this spool's temperatures, material and specs in your slicer. Everything else stays at your slicer's own defaults.

PrusaSlicer already includes this filament. Pick “Hatchbox PLA” in its filament list. The built-in profile is tuned even further than ours.

OrcaSlicer already includes this filament. Pick “HATCHBOX PLA” in its filament list. The built-in profile is tuned even further than ours.

Bambu Studio.json OrcaSlicer.json PrusaSlicer.ini Cura.xml.fdm_material

How do I install this? 3 steps per slicer

Bambu Studio / OrcaSlicer

Download the file above.
Open the slicer, click the filament dropdown, choose Import (or drag the file into the window).
Pick the “(SpoolBites)” entry from your filament list.

PrusaSlicer

Download the .ini file.
File → Import → Import Config Bundle.
Select the filament preset it adds.

Cura

Download the material file.
Preferences → Materials → Import.
Choose it as your material.

Temperatures from the Open Filament Database, baked into the file with a source note.

Bambu Studio and OrcaSlicer store a separate bed temperature for each build plate. This profile sets the Textured PEI and High Temp plates; on a Cool Plate, Cool Plate SuperTack or Engineering Plate your slicer keeps its own built-in value.

Specs

Diameter: 1.75 mm
Spool sizes: 1 kg
Density: 1.24 g/cm³
Diameter tolerance: ±0.02 mm

Available colors (45)

Baby Blue

#99F1FF

+ 21 more colors

Editorial notesUpdated 2026-05-10

One of the most-recommended entry-level filaments in US hobbyist communities since 2015. Tolerances are solid for the price. Run at 200-210 °C. The listed range is wide, but most users land in that narrower band.

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