Build Plate reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 172 Reddit reviews across 20 subreddits and 49 posts to rank the best Build Plate brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/3Dprinting, r/BambuLab, r/ender3, r/FlashForge, r/BambuLab_Community. Top-rated brands include PEI (4.2/5), Wham Bam (4.8/5), Creality (4.1/5).
Stats
Reviews172
Subreddits20
Posts49
Brands70
Products43
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#1
PEI
4.2
(42)
"But for standard PLA just a PEI plate is the way to go."
"I’ve had the A1 for 3 weeks now and been printing products non stop."
"Fuck no pei or nothing"
"Go for PEI."
"PEI Is the way."
"Buy a pei spring steel plate.. you won’t regret it."
"10 times better than this."
"PEI or die."
"I prefer flexible PEI plates personally."
"Pei is the way."
#2
Wham Bam
4.8
(15)
"Wham Bam flexible plates might be what you need."
"Wham bam is worth every penny"
"It works well, and as an added bonus you can slide the flex plate off while the build plate is still locked in position which minimises dripping."
"I added a Wham Bam XTR plate and haven’t had any issues."
"I <3 my PEX plate for PLA & TPU."
"WhamBam."
"They work fantastically and consistently."
"It works perfectly with all the calibration steps."
"Another vote for the Wham Bam PEX plate."
"No glue needed ever."
#3
Creality
4.1
(10)
"I've had this on my stock ender 5 and it works good on PLA and ever better on PETG."
"Yes, i have no adhesion problems and a very shiny first layer."
"I love this plate! It is lasting me over 3 years now and just fucked up a tiny piece of the film yesterday. Probably just going to get the same one."
"That’s what I use. So. Yes?"
"Yes I would recommend it"
"Yes, and get rid of the springs if you have an auto bed leveler."
"Just get one from crealitys website."
"I got the creality pei plate for the max and I love it."
"I wouldn’t recommend anything from creality"
"Id never recommend creality"
#4
BIQU
4.1
(8)
"BIQU cryogrip plates are great and should last a while."
"It’s bulletproof for PLA."
"Cryogrip plates are famous for being very sticky, it's a bit similar to the Bambu Supertack plate."
"Does that cryo whatever brand have a good one for the a1? They seem expensive but if they last insanely long and perform well, I'm down."
"Short term I'd grab whatever they have in stock at Microcenter (the smooth plate works well too in my experience) and maybe order a backup BIQU for later."
"Biqu cryogrip plates"
"You can also use the new BIQU CryoGrip® Frostbite in size 257x257."
"I find the cyrogrip for the A1 mini better than the stock plate, but not as good as the course cyrogrip."
#5
Unknown Plate
4.3
(6)
"I've been using that plate on my ender 3 pro for a few years. No issues."
"Awesome plate. Near indestructible."
"I love mine. I use this specific plate on both of my Ender 3s."
"I print PLA on that plate at 65 C and have no adhesion problems."
"Great for precision, a headache when you’ve got a big print."
"I ran this on my printer for a long time but adhesion was horrible."
#6
Glass
4.0
(6)
"Once I moved to glass, I never went back"
"Ive used it on the smooth side for about two years now, it's just like any other smooth glass."
"I use the glassbed turned upside down with 3dlack (hairspray). I like it."
"Glass is pre good"
"I swap to glass as soon as I get new printers."
"I had a glass bed for 3 years and it was good."
#7
G10
4.8
(4)
"G10, works well for several materials."
"Fantastic for PETG and PLA"
"I have been printing with g10 for a while, and while I don't do tpu... I've printed lots of pla and petg and I've basically tossed all my other build plates at this point because g10 is just far superior imo."
"I like it a ton over the stock PEI sheet that came with it."
#8
Ender
4.3
(3)
"Absolutely ridiculous adhesion, no glue or tape."
"Sticky when it's hot and releases easily when it's cold."
"I got the Ender 5 plus build sheet and it’ll need to have a magnetic back to it."
#9
PVA Glue
4.0
(3)
"I suggest using a liquid PVA glue to coat the spring steel side of a print bed."
"A layer of pva glue stick."
"You can lay down a layer of glue stick to use as a *release* agent."
#10
Wham Bam PEX Plate
5.0
(2)
"I have the Wham Bam PEX plate and it’s been great."
"Another vote for the Wham Bam PEX plate."
#11
Darkmoon3D
5.0
(2)
"Great adhesion, no adhesive needed."
"The best plate is the Darkmoon3D G10 Hobby plate, which has a smooth finish and works great for all but the worst silk PLA or extremely small contact area without brims."
#12
Magnetic Bed
5.0
(2)
"I will never not recommend a magnetic bed. It Makes every bit of printing 100 x easier."
"I will never not recommend a magnetic bed."
#13
Textured PEI
3.0
(3)
"I prefer the textured PEI (gold)/smooth (black). best of both worlds."
"Textures PEI is a workhorse for most applications."
"I really wouldnt, some say it works fine for them but I only had issues with it."
#14
Supertac
4.5
(2)
"For PLA (and basic PETG) the new Supertack is incredible."
"Supertac plate is great but a little fragile."
#15
PEI Sheet
4.5
(2)
"PEI is my favorite."
"If you get a pei sheet for and ender e5 plus it still hang over the metal plate."
#16
Dark Moon
4.5
(2)
"I use my DarkMoon Satin plate for nylon all the time."
"I believe the dark moon G10 pro should work with nylon."
#17
Aliexpress
4.5
(2)
"I bought a double sided one from Aliexpress and it’s great."
"I have had good luck with the inexpensive Aliexpress smooth plates."
#18
Glue Stick
4.0
(2)
"Yes. And a glue stick if adhesion is an issue."
"We use a thin coating of glue from a glue stick to make sure the larger builds come off the plate."
#19
Hairspray
4.0
(2)
"I have found that just a light misting of hairspray on the stock build plate gives me good results."
"If you do use it use hair spray for better adhesion."
#20
WhamBam
4.0
(2)
"Textured build plates, however, should work fine."
"WhamBam."
#21
Textured Plate
3.5
(2)
"The textured plate is great for grip and smooth with the added texture stickers look nice"
"The textured side sticks TOO well."
#22
Cool Plate
3.0
(2)
"Cool plate with hair spray works well with PLA."
"The Cool Plate kinda sucks, because you *do* need glue."
#23
Energetic
5.0
(1)
"Found one on AliExpress called "ENERGETIC Resin Spring Steel Sheet""
#24
KOYOFEI
5.0
(1)
"You can buy them from Amazon KOYOFEI 2PCS Resin 3D Printer Flex Build Plate, Spring Steel Flexible Plate and Magnetic Base Platform Bed for Sonic Mini 8K 168x90mm"
#25
Elegoo
5.0
(1)
"Hello, please check here: [https://www.elegoo.com/products/elegoo-build-plate-for-saturn-s-lcd-3d-printer](https://www.elegoo.com/products/elegoo-build-plate-for-saturn-s-lcd-3d-printer)"
#26
Garolite (G10)
5.0
(1)
"Garolite (G10)"
#27
PEI Coated Spring Steel
5.0
(1)
"PEI coated spring steel"
#28
Engineering Plate
5.0
(1)
"Enjoying the Engineering plate myself."
#29
Engineer Side
5.0
(1)
"I use the engineer side and set the plate to textured in the slicer."
#30
Bed Weld
5.0
(1)
"This plus bed weld... chef's kiss."
#31
Darkmoon
5.0
(1)
"Darkmoon hands down."
#32
Magnetic Build Plate
5.0
(1)
"Buy a magnetic build plate."
#33
Voxlab
5.0
(1)
"Link on Aliexpress to from the Voxlab official store (owned by flash forge)"
#34
Garolite
5.0
(1)
"I went Garolite and never looked back."
#35
Twotrees
5.0
(1)
"I use a twotrees 2 sided magnetic plate kit."
#36
Steel Sheet with PEI
5.0
(1)
"Steel sheet with PEI beats any other common approach I've seen."
#37
Magnetic Sheet with PEI Coated Steel Sheet
5.0
(1)
"I had great first layers using that set up."
#38
Magnetic Flex Plate
5.0
(1)
"I go with the magnetic flex plate."
#39
Fibreglass
5.0
(1)
"I upgraded mine to fibreglass. Never going back."
#40
Dual Texture PEI Plate
5.0
(1)
"It's really nice since it has dual texture and the spring steel is thicker so it sticks quite well to the magnetic base."
#41
Magnetic PEI Bed
5.0
(1)
"I've been using a magnetic PEI bed for 4 years, it's great."
#42
PEI/PEO Plate
5.0
(1)
"I brought one described as PEI/PEO from Temu, same size as the one you've linked, and it works perfectly."
#43
PEI Spring
5.0
(1)
"I moved to PEI spring, texted or smooth depending on the filament 100 times better."
#44
Flashforge Build Plate
5.0
(1)
"I'm ordering a backup plate from Flashforge of the exact same the 5M Pro ships with."
#45
Magnetic Spring Steel PEI Plate
5.0
(1)
"I used to swear by glass build plates but once I switched to a magnetic spring steel PEI plate there was just no going back."
#46
Creality PEI Bed
5.0
(1)
"I swapped to the creality PEI bed and its so much better"
#47
Flexible Steel PEI Plates
5.0
(1)
"I prefer flexible steel PEI plates either way"
#48
Textured PEI Plates
5.0
(1)
"I haven't touched a glue stick since I got my textured PEI plates."
#49
K1 Max
4.0
(1)
"The K1 Max plate 'B' (PEI powder coated) has been out for a few weeks."
#50
Satin Plate
4.0
(1)
"Probably want a satin plate."
#51
HysiPrui Flexible Spring Steel Magnetic Build Plate
4.0
(1)
"HysiPrui Flexible Spring Steel Magnetic Build Plate for Resin 3D Printer"
#52
Magnetic Spring Steel Plate Textured PEI
4.0
(1)
"Personally I'm a fan of the magnetic spring steel plate textured PEI."
#53
Ender 3 Plate
4.0
(1)
"If it's the Ender 3 plate then yes."
#54
Carborundum
4.0
(1)
"It’s good for me, good adhesion and relatively easy to remove the print."
#55
Textured PEI Plate
4.0
(1)
"Honestly the textured PEI plate that should come with the x1c should last a long time."
#56
Gold Textured PEI
4.0
(1)
"Gold textured pei. Depending on how flat your build plate is you can just slap it on top the glass and use binder clips."
#57
Dual Side PEK Textured PEI Plate
4.0
(1)
"I have a dual side pek/textured pei plate that’s been pretty good."
#58
Creality Ender 3 Build Plate
4.0
(1)
"The creality Ender 3 ones work fine, same build plate size, sticks well, and they’re cheap."
#59
Black Textured Plate
4.0
(1)
"Mine came with the black, textured plate that someone here linked to on Amazon."
#60
PEI Magnetic Buildplate
4.0
(1)
"I went and bought a PEI magnetic buildplate."
#61
3rd Party PEI
4.0
(1)
"I replaced the BL PEI with a 3rd party PEI, and I have no more adhesion issues."
#62
3D Maker Engineering Garolite (G10)
4.0
(1)
"I've been happy with Garolite (G10) for most filaments."
#63
Lightyear G10
4.0
(1)
"Currently the best all around is the lightyear g10."
#64
Bambu
4.0
(1)
"I do use the Bambu textured plate for PETG."
#65
Carborundum Side
3.0
(1)
"I'd recommend not printing PETG on that side at all."
#66
AliExpress
3.0
(1)
"I use a smooth aliexpress build plate for TPU."
#67
Magnetic PEI Sheet
3.0
(1)
"I’ve got a magnetic PEI sheet for most prints."
#68
Biqu Light Curing Spring Steel Plate
3.0
(1)
"I got mine here. https://biqu.equipment/products/bqiu-light-curing-spring-steel-plate-with-soft-magnetic-sheet-build-plate-kit-flexible-build-system-for-resin-printers-and-sla-dlp-3d-printer."
#69
Anycubic
2.0
(1)
"I had bad luck with Anycubic's version of this."
#70
Glass Plate
1.0
(1)
"Glass sucks, there's a reason most printers don't come with glass beds anymore."
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