About this model

I made this sleek carabiner for everyday carry, so it clips onto backpacks, gear bags, and other travel essentials without fuss. It prints fast and reliably, with a very low failure rate, and different filament colors give it a polished, custom look.

The best part is how practical it is for a print-in-place design. It needs no supports, no brim, and no raft, so it goes straight from the bed to a bag.

Print settings

• Infill: 10%-100%, depending on intended use
• Infill type: Gyroid, recommended for strength and flexibility
• Perimeters: 3
• Layer height: 0.2 mm
• Top/Bottom layers: 4-5
• Filament: PLA, PETG, ABS, ASA, or TPU
• Supports: none
• Brim/Raft: none
• Print speed: 45-60 mm/s
• Cooling: moderate for PETG and PLA, reduced for TPU

Tips

• Clip tension: repeated stress can gradually affect the clip's tension. If it is pushed out of place often, it may begin to stay that way, so I treat it as an everyday clip, not a heavy-duty one.
• Safety: this model is not intended for climbing or load-bearing use. I do not use it where significant force or weight is involved, because it may break under stress.
• Calibration: if my printer is not well calibrated or tends to over-extrude, I go to Print Settings > Advanced > Slicing > XY Size Compensation and adjust it to -0.1 or -0.15. If the walls are still merging, I increase it to -0.2 or -0.25.
• No XY change: this is not an inner passthrough piece, so I kept its own XY range instead of applying the passthrough inner value.

My Patreon page is still available at patreon.com/MasterPrinter, but I do not actively update it anymore.

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