# Using 1.75mm filament **URL:** \ **Category:** LulzBot Mini\ **Created:** [March 28, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/using-1-75mm-filament/3207 "2016-03-28T17:55:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![Yurifonz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4af34b/32.png) [@Yurifonz](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/Yurifonz)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/using-1-75mm-filament/3207/9 "2016-04-13T23:39:21Z")
> [@kcchen\_00](#): > > Well you must have missed the “YMMV” disclaimers on the threads about 1.75mm filament on 3.00mm hotend. 🙂 No, I did do my research. ![:ugeek:](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/lulzbot/original/1X/60aa0bc609d6c1cf1242a151e9c1410e4f9e6e44.gif "Uber Geek") And yes, I realized the risk of purchasing 1.75mm filament. But this is a hobby… and experimenting is half the fun is it not? Was mostly looking to see if there were any new tips with the software that may have sprouted up in the past few months. Looks like there might not be. A bit discouraging but that’s ok, I’m only out one spool of filament 🙂 For reference to anyone else who may be reading this thread looking for help, here are links to some other attempts at 1.75mm filament: [1.75 mm filament with a LulzBot Mini](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/1-75-mm-filament-with-a-lulzbot-mini/1534/1) (a thread by Lulzbot that links to a couple other good threads) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPjCrcqLCAo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPjCrcqLCAo) (uses 1.75mm on the Lulzbot Mini in the video) [Reddit - Dive into anything](https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/3mzig2/my_experience_using_175mm_on_the_lulzbot_mini/) [Reddit - Dive into anything](https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/4e8shv/looking_for_help_lulzbot_mini_175mm_colorfabb/) Changing the retraction settings in Cura did help a lot for me, but still isn’t 100% reliable. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/using-1-75mm-filament/3207)._