# Elastic vs Flexible Print Speeds

**URL:** <https://forum.formlabs.com/t/elastic-vs-flexible-print-speeds/30297>\
**Category:** Form 3/3+\
**Created:** [February 18, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/elastic-vs-flexible-print-speeds/30297 "2021-02-18T17:30:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/elastic-vs-flexible-print-speeds/30297/1 "2021-02-18T17:30:38Z")

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Does anybody know why Elastic prints so much slower than Flexible 50A?

Is this a resin chemistry thing? Have the settings not been optimized? Is it because Elastic is so soft it requires a different, more time consuming peel mechanism?

The same print in Flexible is around 3X faster from what I’ve seen.