Does anyone have experience with products from 3D Thermoplastics?

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Does anyone have experience with products from 3D Thermoplastics? The prices look good and they have a very nice selection of stuff, free shipping on a $75 order, american made - wheres the catch? (not that I am naturally suspicious or anything ;))
http://www.3dthermoplastics.com/default.asp

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US only

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Honestly, don’t put no-name plastics through tiny nozzles. If you’ve got a 0.5mm nozzle, by all means, go for it. If you’ve got a 0.35, don’t even touch it.

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@ThantiK but how do they get a name? In order to for them to stop being a no-name, somebody has to test it.

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@Whosa_whatsis I didn’t say don’t test it…I said don’t test it with a tiny nozzle.

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And I say Do test obviously bad (not referring to this filament he mentioned) filament on a Large nozzle. :smiley: I wanna see how bad the filament can be and have it work for a large nozzle because I want to someday make my own or bypass filament.

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Did anyone notice they don’t know what FDM stands for? Their site say’s “Filament Driven Machines”, which doesn’t even make sense. Also, those rolls look suspiciously like to stuff I get from China at $35 including shipping.

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Chinese stuff here:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/wanhao-3d-printer-filamnets-PLA-ABS-1-75mm-3mm-plastic-hot-sale-high-quality/862588568.html
I’ve bought 4 or 5 rolls and I’ve had no problems, even with a 0.35 nozzle.

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Well I ordered a couple of kilos of abs - its actually free shipping on a $50 order at the moment apparently so 2 rolls of abs = $54 with their current sale and free shipping - I will take a chance on it. I also requested some samples of their other products.

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Got a tracking number this morning fed ex says wed delivery - so certainly can’t fault the speed of their shipping.