The Empty Spool

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Empty Spool Weights 7 variants

Spool Empty weight Filament Notes
1 kg Cardboard 170 g 1 kg Legacy spool design; 155โ€“185 g reported
1 kg CR-PETG Plastic ๐Ÿ“ท Photo 188 g 1 kg Two independent measurements (2024, 2026); some databases list 225 g
1 kg Hyper ABS Cardboard 120 g 1 kg Hyper ABS series
1 kg Hyper Plastic 120 g 1 kg Hyper PLA and Hyper RFID PLA
1 kg Plastic (Black) 171 g 1 kg Legacy spool design; 135โ€“207 g reported
1 kg Plastic (Clear) ๐Ÿ“ท Photo 172 g 1 kg Legacy spool design. Weighed 172 g first-hand on 2026-10-18 (a CR-PLA spool); 140โ€“175 g reported earlier
500 g Hyper Plastic ๐Ÿ“ท Photo 228 g 500 g Hyper PLA 0.5 kg, clear full-size spool

Community-reported values. Weigh yours for precision. Click a row to use it in the calculator.