Bambu Filament Watch: Discontinued, New & Changed (Updated Weekly)

Bambu launched PLA Pure, built from just five disclosed ingredients, each certified under EU 10/2011 (food contact). It also carries EN 71-3 toy safety and UL 2904 GREENGUARD air-quality certification. Available in black, white and three pastels at $24.99/spool ($21.99 refill). Positioned for printing around kids and pets on open-deck machines. Mechanically it matches PLA Basic — this is a safety/traceability play, not a performance one.

Bambu’s US store confirms PETG HF is discontinued and won’t be restocked once inventory clears; non-black colors vanished first. If you standardized parts on an HF color (the grays especially), buy remaining stock now — but don’t hoard beyond real projects. Full replacement analysis in our PETG HF discontinued guide.

PETG Basic relaunched with a reformulated compound: reduced moisture sensitivity and stringing, cleaner printing at standard Bambu speeds (250–350 mm/s). Community reports say it behaves closer to PETG HF than the old Basic did — but consistently does NOT match HF above 350 mm/s. Your old HF profile won’t drop straight in: most users land at 240–243°C after a temperature tower.

Polymaker retired PolyLite PETG in favor of a new high-speed formula simply named Polymaker PETG, rated up to 300 mm/s with notably better layer adhesion. It’s the strongest direct competitor to Bambu’s high-speed PETG and a community favorite for color variety. Check stock labels carefully while the transition finishes.

Bambu Lab Japan discontinued refill versions of many PLA Basic and PLA Matte colors, forcing spool-only purchases (~600 yen more per roll). Community speculation ties it to a lineup simplification. No equivalent announcement for US/EU yet — but if you rely on refills for specific colors, this is the trend line to watch.

The EU is finalizing its largest-ever chemical restriction, and it touches 3D printing filament more than most hobbyists realize — certain additives and coatings are in scope, with phase-ins running through 2029. Expect more “clean ingredient” launches like PLA Pure as manufacturers get ahead of it. We’ll log material-specific impacts here as they’re confirmed.

Manufacturing and active sales ended March 31, 2026. Firmware feature updates continue to May 2027, security patches to May 2029, spare parts to 2031. Your X1C keeps printing everything it always did — but new filament launches will increasingly be tuned and marketed around X2D, H2D, P2S and the A-series.

The P1P ended manufacturing on February 10, 2026, with spare parts committed through February 2031. The P1S remains in production with no phase-out planned, and most parts interchange between the two. No filament compatibility impact — the P1P prints what the P1S prints.