HICTOP Ender 3 v2 Upgrades Flexible Build Plate PEI Steel Sheet 235x235mm Works for Ender 3/Ender 3 Pro/Ender 5 3D Printers

I have used this surface with PLA+ (two brands), PETG, TPU, and Polycarbonate. It works great for all of them, especially for PC which requires high temperatures that would otherwise damage/deform other printing surfaces.

I like it so much I got one for my work printer as well

the TL;DR on the HICTOP flexible build plate is that it is a good plate and is above average for quality. strong points: good magnetic adhesion at high temperatures & good adhesion and easy part removal even after significant use. longer read: I got this as an upgrade to a creality printer that came stock with a carborundum glass bed. hint for those upgrading a cr10 v2 / v3 .. just remove the front clips and leave the back ones to help easily align the build plate each time yu put it back on. id give the same advice for any printer that works similarly. This build plate has 2 things going for it that are better than most. 1. the magnetic sheet is good to 130c. This contrasts with most giving up their magnetism before they hit 100c. BE CARFUL if you are looking at other build plate / magnetic sheet combinations. make sure there able to work well at 110c without damage to the magnetic material. 2. The pei coating is very good and seems to hold up well to higher bed temperatures and a lot of use. i regularly print at 100/110c on the build plate without issue. Ive used the sheet works well with abs, petg, and with pla (at 60c). gives good adhesion when heated and easy release when cooled. Things to note on this build plate, ... whatever process they use to coat the service leaves a little loose/rough pei flakes on the surface that tends to come off on your first few prints, this seems not to be an issue and noticed no degradation of adhesion after the flakes came off... if you have ever spray painted primer, and felt it before you sanded it, its a bit like that. the other thing is mine is single-sided. id love for it to have been double-sided. the quality of the one said is good so, i am happy with that for the price. the magnetic sheet they supply is very good and strong even at high temps. id have no need to swap it out if I were to also get other magnetic build sheets of other materials. I dont expect any build surface to last forever but i do expect them to last a while. id defiantly buy this again when that time comes to retire it.

Failed prints because the magnet underneath has poor connection, which causes shifts in the plate, leading to spaghetti-ville. Last night was the straw that broke the camels back. The entire plate, print and all, was pushed off the printer. Getting a magnetic plate was to avoid using clips. Beware.

Picked this up while it was on sale. For the price I couldnt pass it up. Been running a spool of polymaker PETG through my machine and have had no issues with adhesion from this flex plate system with the bed holding 80c laying layers down at 100mm/s (the warped stock bed from Creality being a different story; probably why they ship it with a glass plate). After a handful of prints using this I purchased another to have a spare flex plate on hand and needed the magnetic sheet for a milled aluminum print bed I am installing. Highly recommend and well worth the normal asking price, but if you see this on sale definitely snag a kit or two.

This build plate is a real game changer. The magnet is surprisingly strong, adhesion is fantastic, and parts just come right off when it cools. All of my printers will be getting one of these!

Ive tried a few of these off Amazon and was unhappy with the finish they leave but the texture on this one is great! It does feel a little pokey, but that doesnt translate to the finish on the prints, those are smooth. PLA sticks well at 60c for me, keep in mind you do need extra smoosh for these textured pei sheets.

I thought the other reviews were exaggerating. I havent tried it with PETG yet, but with PLA it sticks incredibly. Once its cooled down, it requires almost no effort to remove the print. You touch it and it just slides right off. Amazing game changer. This is one of the best upgrades I ever made, only second to maybe the upgraded springs I added.

It was a little tricky dialing everything in, but once done, there are fewer problems with adhesion, and in most cases, the object printed comes off after simply cooling in place. The effect of plate temperature on adhesion seems a little more sensitive than other types of beds, but once dialed in there are few issues.

Besides the additional thickness, I have to calibrate my bed temperature using a contact less thermometer (theres a lot of surplus of them these days) but after that, works like a charm for me. As advertised.