Creality TPU Filament – Black – 1.75mm | 1kg

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Key Features

• Flexible TPU material
• Elastic and resilient
• Excellent impact resistance
• Good toughness and durability
• Suitable for parts that need to bend or flex
• Good resistance to repeated movement
• Excellent for shock-absorbing components
• Suitable for grips and protective parts
• Ideal for functional applications
• Good layer bonding
• Suitable for direct-drive printers
• 1.75mm filament diameter
• 1kg net filament weight
• Genuine Creality filament

Flexible & Elastic 3D Printing

The main advantage of TPU is its ability to flex rather than crack or snap.

Depending on the design, wall thickness and infill, TPU parts can be:

• Bent
• Compressed
• Twisted
• Stretched
• Flexed repeatedly

This makes it ideal for applications that would not perform well when printed in a rigid material.

Excellent Impact Resistance

TPU is especially useful where a component needs to absorb knocks, vibration or repeated movement.

Instead of behaving like a rigid plastic, the material can deform slightly under impact and absorb some of the energy.

This makes it well suited to:

• Protective covers
• Equipment feet
• Shock-absorbing components
• Flexible mounts
• Bumpers
• Protective corners
• Vibration-damping parts

Perfect for Grips & Protective Components

TPU is a popular choice for components where a softer or more flexible feel is desirable.

Typical applications include:

• Tool grips
• Handles
• Protective sleeves
• Flexible covers
• Gaskets
• Seals
• Feet and pads
• Wearable components
• Flexible hinges
• Electronics accessories
• RC and drone components

Ideal for Functional Printing

TPU is not only a decorative flexible material. It is also highly useful for practical engineering and prototyping applications.

Its combination of flexibility, durability and impact resistance makes it suitable for components that need to experience repeated movement or contact.

Designers can also control the flexibility of a finished print by adjusting:

• Wall thickness
• Infill percentage
• Infill pattern
• Model geometry
• Number of perimeters

This makes TPU highly versatile for custom functional parts.

Recommended Printing Temperature

Creality TPU is typically printed at approximately:

Because TPU is flexible, it is generally better suited to more controlled printing speeds than standard PLA.

Exact settings will depend on the printer, extruder design, model and required surface finish.

Direct-Drive Extruder Recommended

TPU is much easier to print with a direct-drive extruder, where the filament path between the drive gears and hotend is short and well constrained.

Long Bowden-style filament paths can make flexible filament more difficult to feed reliably.

Modern Creality direct-drive printers are therefore particularly well suited to TPU printing.

CFS Compatibility Note

Standard soft TPU should generally be fed directly into the printer rather than through a CFS or CFS Lite system.

Flexible filament can compress or buckle inside longer filament paths, potentially causing feeding problems.

For conventional flexible TPU, direct feeding into the printer’s extruder is normally the preferred method.

Keep TPU Dry

TPU absorbs moisture from the surrounding air more readily than many standard rigid filaments.

Moist filament can result in:

• Increased stringing
• Rough surface quality
• Inconsistent extrusion
• Bubbling or popping from the nozzle
• Reduced print quality

For best results, store opened TPU in a sealed container or vacuum bag with desiccant.

If the filament has absorbed moisture, drying it before printing can help restore consistent extrusion.

Ideal For

Creality TPU is an excellent choice for:

• Flexible functional parts
• Gaskets and seals
• Protective covers
• Tool grips
• Handles
• Flexible joints
• Equipment feet
• Shock-absorbing components
• Wearable parts
• Bumpers
• Vibration-damping components
• RC and drone parts
• Flexible prototypes
• Protective accessories
• Custom replacement components

Technical Specifications

Compatible Printers

Creality TPU can be used with compatible 1.75mm FDM/FFF 3D printers, particularly those equipped with a well-constrained direct-drive extrusion system.

It is suitable for many Creality printers in the:

• K1 Series
• K2 Series
• Ender Series
• SPARKX Series
• Other compatible direct-drive 1.75mm FDM printers

For flexible TPU, direct filament feeding is generally preferable to routing through a multi-material system.

TPU vs PLA

The main reason to choose TPU instead of PLA is flexibility.

PLA is rigid and easy to print, making it excellent for general models and prototypes. TPU is better suited to parts that need to bend, grip, compress, absorb vibration or survive repeated movement.

For customers producing functional parts, protective components and flexible prototypes, TPU adds an entirely different capability to a 3D printer.

Why Choose Creality TPU?

Creality TPU allows you to produce parts that rigid materials simply cannot.

Its combination of flexibility, toughness, impact resistance and elasticity makes it ideal for practical components designed to move, bend, grip, protect or absorb impact.

For flexible replacement parts, engineering prototypes, wearable components and protective accessories, TPU is an extremely useful material to keep in your filament range.