I’m honestly thinking about this, just buying jugs and fill them… But what a joke from a client’s point of view 
it feels like we are trying to solve an extremely complex issue while solutions are pretty simple. Either you make a smaller bag size (like 5kg) which would be easier to handle and that you don’t have to store after opening it, or you bring the jugs back.
Any other “fix” will be an over-engineered or ineffective solution in my opinion.
Hi everyone. I’m checking back in after some time with updates regarding the ‘bags vs. canisters’ situation. I wish I had good news for you, but unfortunately, I don’t.
After exchanging dozens of internal messages with (now former) Formlabs employees, it’s clear that no change is coming. Formlabs is a corporation, and its primary goal is to generate profit. You only need to look at the raw numbers: the volume of units sold, the level of control they have through the online dashboard, and the tracking of every single unit of powder sold. They have precise data—they know everything about how you print, your savings, and your waste.
When you dig through this data and see how much the company saved by switching to bags—which are an ‘industrial standard’ only because they are the cheapest possible solution—the picture becomes clear. Whether it’s canisters or metal containers, this is purely about money. Nothing else. The company is saving hundreds of thousands of dollars a month at the expense of our user experience, and for them, that’s a trade-off worth making.
On the outside, they may pretend to care about the environment, but the truth lies elsewhere. Their job is simply to stall and send us kind words about how they are ‘looking into the issue.’ There are only a few dozen of us here on the forum actually pushing back. Meanwhile, there are thousands of SLS users who either ‘don’t have the time’ to deal with this and just endure the discomfort, or who have no basis for comparison because they bought their printers after the switch to bags.
I’ll leave it to each of you to draw your own conclusions. I love the printer itself, but these ‘minor’ wounds—like the bags or the outrageously overpriced OMM—are exactly the reasons why I’m willing to walk away from an otherwise great machine.
Great info thanks, This only confirms that profit is the driver for all materials across all platforms.
Meanwhile, there are thousands of SLS users who either ‘don’t have the time’ to deal with this and just endure the discomfort, or who have no basis for comparison because they bought their printers after the switch to bags.
I started with the jugs and now many bags in I’ve adjusted my workflow for the bags with an acceptable outcome, I’m just not so worked up about this as some seem to be.
Just received the "chinese trashbag"priced at $35 USD/kg MOQ 20 kg.
I will be testing with the default profiles to see how it behaves and will update soon.
Thank you both @Kostbone and @Mario_Martinez for your feedback on the « bag situation ». I made a full summary of the different topics here :
Awesome, keep us posted
I need to do 4 more builds to complety purge the system from FL powder, but the first ones came out pretty good.
For users without OMM the biggest challenge will be buying Chinese powder but manage to let the machine know that new powder is available through the card system, once that is solved then anyone can enjoy using a good material but priced at 1/3 per kg instead of the original one. Now you see why they switched to bags massive profit 
