RETUXEP 3D pritner Build Plate PEY PEI (Smooth PEY + Textured PEI (no Base), 257x257mm)

Textured PEI side works like a charm - and the opposite side has some kind of holographic confetti looking effect, which can be seen on the bottom side of your finished print (shows better on larger prints). I only do PLA and both sides worked without issue. Great adhesion, and easy to bend and pop off your completed prints.

Used this with my Bambu Lab X1 Carbon with the stock smooth PEI high temp plate setting. It does throw an error for the bed locator code of course, but you just hit confirm and it's fine.Tip: make sure to wash it with warm water and soap between prints. It sticks perfectly with no glue sticks, etc as long as you do that. I've printed on this probably 20 times already and it doesn't lose the holographic effect at all.Fyi, the holographic coating is pretty soft, so DONT use tools to remove the print. Just let it cool off and flex it to remove.

The textured PEI side works great, and it's slightly less aggressively textured than the OEM Bambu textured plate. But that's probably not why you're buying this. The smooth side has a beautiful pattern that transfers to any object that sticks to it, including the rainbow color effect, which is impressive. You'll probably want to slow down your print and turn your bed temp up, though, because the surface has very low adhesion, to the point where even PLA warps off the bed incredibly easily, and using adhesives will ruin the pattern. I'm giving it 4 stars because, even though it definitely would never be my go-to build surface for anything that requires good adhesion or dimensional precision, for aesthetic prints with large bed contact areas, a little patience will produce those "that's beautiful, how did you do that?" moments with amazing consistency.

This works well if using PLA or anything where the bed temp is 55 degrees or lower (as is the stock Smooth PEI sheet settings in Bambu Studio), but when I tried to print PETG on it many, many times even after washing it multiple times with soap and water and using IPA afterwards, I just could not get it to stick in the slightest. I had to boost my temp to 88 degrees for it to finally stick, and everything has to use a brim.Edit: Finally got PETG to stick after pushing my temp further than I expected to need to.

I bought this plate from amazon before realizing that it was (along with many other options) available on aliexpress for cheaper. I ended up purchasing additional plates from Aliexpress but all three of them arrived damaged. The one ordered from Amazon was perfect, and shipped much faster of course. The damaged plates seem to be still be mostly usable, but the quality assurance, returnability, and speed of shipping from Amazon are worthwhile in my opinion.