The review is about the silk white PLA.
Seeing all the reviews, I expected something similar to classic PLA, in quality and durability.
Unfortunately, it is not as durable, quite a bit less.
I encountered issues with stringing, and a huge problem with layer adhesion (the strength of one layer on top of another). I am printing with the Bambu lab A1.
There is stringing with every movement in the air when printing at 220 degrees (even on the simple Benchy), so I had to lower it to 205. Very good. One problem was solved. However, this didn't concern me much.
Testing a stringing test at 200 degrees, with those thin towers, as I was taking it off the plate, I managed to accidentally break one tower. I thought, wow, I barely touched it. I touched the others, and with very little force, we're talking about a weight of at most 15 to 20 grams, I managed to break the towers.
I immediately went and tested the same test at 220 degrees, in case I was printing it too cold, same fragile results.
However, testing the same test on the black PLA I have from Creality3D at 220 degrees, I had almost no stringing, and the towers held as they should, bending almost 90 degrees before breaking, while the others broke just at 10 degrees with much less force.
The layers did not hold together, they did not stick well enough to each other. Not at all compared to the other PLAs I have from Bambu, eSun, and the other simple PLA from Creality.
This material does have a good texture visually, and I imagine it aims for a more beautiful appearance rather than durability. So if you get it, know that it is, I would say, 3 times more fragile than regular PLA, but unless you are printing thin details, you won't have an issue. If you are going to use it for something more structurally thick, like the Benchy, it's fine.
It is not so fragile that you won't be able to do your job. For example, the roof of the Benchy doesn't break (yes, I tried pressing it with my finger from the side, and I only broke its chimney, the roof held perfectly).
I also had random blobs on thin walls, again something that didn't happen with the other PLAs I had. I believe this could also be due to humidity, although I just received this PLA yesterday.
That's it. Sorry for the long review, but I wanted to give you all the details so you understand what I am referring to.
The following photos show the stringing on the Benchy (this one without the chimney is the Silk PLA), and the blobs on a thin wall as I mentioned.