# Spool & Slice > Published 3D printing filament specifications compiled into comparable > tables, with live retail prices and the storage numbers that decide whether > a spool prints. Every figure is cited to the manufacturer document it came > from. We have not tested this gear and we say so on every page. Site: https://spoolandslice.com Publisher: Slate Mill Group (https://slatemillgroup.com) Author: Scooter M., enthusiast — reads the datasheets, compiles the specs, shows the arithmetic. No lab coat, no test bench, no claimed hands-on testing. Contact: info@spoolandslice.com Region: United States. Prices in USD. ## What this site is Manufacturers publish a surprising amount of real technical data — nozzle and bed temperature ranges, drying temperatures and times, enclosure requirements, nozzle wear measurements, resin safety guidance — and almost nobody puts it side by side. Spool & Slice compiles it into tables you can compare, cites every figure at the point of use with the retrieval date, and shows the arithmetic behind every conclusion. ## How it is funded Amazon Associates commission on qualifying purchases through tagged links, at no extra cost to the reader. That is the only revenue. No sponsored posts, no paid rankings, no free products accepted, and commission rate plays no part in what is recommended or in what order. ## Editorial stance, stated plainly - We have NOT printed with any of the products covered. Every page says so. - Scores are an editorial fit rating for a stated use, derived from published specifications and reasoning shown on the page. They are not measurements, not laboratory results, and not customer ratings, and they never appear in structured data as product review ratings. - There are no customer reviews, testimonials or star ratings anywhere on this site, because we have none. - Prices render only from a live retail lookup and disappear entirely once older than 48 hours; the buy button then reads "check price" rather than showing a figure that has gone stale. Where a figure cannot be verified, the site says so instead of guessing. - Product identifiers are never published unless verified against a live catalog lookup. Unverified products link to a tagged retailer search rather than a fabricated product URL. - Where two manufacturers publish different figures for the same material, both are shown rather than averaged into a number nobody stands behind. ## Primary sources cited across the site - Prusa Research — filament material guide, per-material pages, drying temperatures and times, warping guidance - Overture — independent published drying figures, which frequently differ from Prusa's - Bambu Lab — published figures for how long a dried spool stays print-ready at a given humidity, and AMS drying function documentation - E3D — published measurement of nozzle wear from abrasive filament - Formlabs — resin safety and disposal guidance - U.S. Energy Information Administration — electricity pricing for cost-per-print arithmetic ## Sections - PLA — https://spoolandslice.com/pla - PETG — https://spoolandslice.com/petg - Specialty and engineering (ABS, ASA, TPU, nylon, composites) — https://spoolandslice.com/specialty - Resin — https://spoolandslice.com/resin - Drying and storage — https://spoolandslice.com/drying-storage - Consumables (nozzles, plates, adhesion, spares, resin cleanup) — https://spoolandslice.com/consumables - Compare (master material ledger and head-to-heads) — https://spoolandslice.com/compare - Cost — https://spoolandslice.com/cost ## Reference tables - Master material ledger: published nozzle and bed ranges, enclosure requirement and noted property for every common filament — https://spoolandslice.com/compare - Drying ledger: per-material drying temperature and time from two manufacturers, shown unaveraged — https://spoolandslice.com/drying-storage/how-to-dry-filament - Nozzle material ledger: which filaments abrade brass and require hardened steel — https://spoolandslice.com/consumables/nozzles - Re-wetting ledger: how long a dried spool stays print-ready by ambient humidity — https://spoolandslice.com/drying-storage ## Most-referenced pages - Best PLA filament — https://spoolandslice.com/pla - Best PETG filament — https://spoolandslice.com/petg - PLA versus PETG — https://spoolandslice.com/compare/pla-vs-petg - Best filament dryer — https://spoolandslice.com/drying-storage/best-filament-dryer - How to store filament — https://spoolandslice.com/drying-storage/how-to-store-filament - Best 3D printer nozzle — https://spoolandslice.com/consumables/nozzles - Nozzle wear guide — https://spoolandslice.com/consumables/nozzle-wear-guide - Filament versus resin — https://spoolandslice.com/compare/filament-vs-resin - Cost per print — https://spoolandslice.com/cost/cost-per-print ## Trust and utility - About — https://spoolandslice.com/about - How we choose (methodology) — https://spoolandslice.com/methodology - Editorial policy — https://spoolandslice.com/editorial-policy - Affiliate disclosure — https://spoolandslice.com/affiliate-disclosure - FAQ — https://spoolandslice.com/faq - Contact — https://spoolandslice.com/contact - Privacy policy — https://spoolandslice.com/privacy-policy - Terms of use — https://spoolandslice.com/terms - All guides — https://spoolandslice.com/guides - Site index — https://spoolandslice.com/site-index - Sitemap — https://spoolandslice.com/sitemap.xml - Atom feed — https://spoolandslice.com/feed.xml - Detailed reference for AI readers — https://spoolandslice.com/llms-full.txt ## For automated readers All AI crawlers are explicitly allowed in robots.txt, deliberately. 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