Guide

How to use Spoolz

Get the best deals on 3D printer filament in Australia — track prices, set alerts, and never overpay again.

Finding Deals

The homepage shows all current deals, sorted by deal score. Every listing is compared against its own 30-day price history — so you can see at a glance whether a price is genuinely good or not.

Hot Deals are shown first, followed by Good Prices and the rest. Click any deal card to open the full product page, where you can see the price history chart, compare across retailers, and set a price alert.

Deals are recalculated every time the scrapers run — roughly every 6 hours — so the homepage always reflects the latest prices.

Browsing & Searching

The Browse page lists every product we track. You can filter by:

  • Material:PLA, PETG, ABS, TPU, and more
  • Brand:eSUN, Bambu, Polymaker, Sunlu, etc.
  • Retailer:Narrow to a specific Australian store
  • Sort:By name, price low-to-high, or price per gram
  • In stock only:Hide out-of-stock products

Press / anywhere on the Browse page to jump straight to the search box.

Understanding Price History

Every product page includes a price history chart. This shows how the price has moved across all retailers over time, so you can judge whether today's price is a genuine deal or just back to normal.

Switch between 30, 60, and 90 day windows using the controls above the chart. Multiple lines on the chart represent different retailers selling the same product.

The dashed line shows the 30-day average price — this is the benchmark used to calculate deal scores.

Setting Price Alerts

You can set three types of alerts on any product listing — just visit a product page and click Set Alert:

🎯
Price target
We'll email you when the price drops to or below your target price.
🔥
Hot deal alert
We'll email you the moment this product becomes a Hot Deal (10%+ below average).
📦
Back in stock
We'll email you when a product comes back in stock after being unavailable.

Free accounts can hold up to 10 active alerts. Manage all your alerts from the My Alerts page.

Price Per Gram

Comparing filament prices by the spool price alone is misleading — a 1 kg spool at $25 is much better value than a 500 g spool at $18. Price per gram ($/g) normalises this so you can compare across different weights fairly.

On the Browse page, select Sort: $/g ↑ to find the cheapest filament by weight. Deal cards and product pages also show the $/g figure next to the price.

For multi-pack products (e.g. a 4-pack of 1 kg spools), the $/g is calculated across the total weight of the pack, so they compare fairly against single spools.

Reading Deal Scores

Every listing gets a deal score based on how the current price compares to the 30-day average for that exact product. Here's what each score means:

ScoreWhat it means
🔥 Hot Deal10%+ below the 30-day average price
👍 Good PriceBelow the 30-day average price
😐 Fair PriceNear the 30-day average price
⚠️ Above AvgCurrently priced above the 30-day average

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