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the color changing with temperature plastics are a good choice, my niece likes the purple to pink one
my niece likes the sparkly stuff. That you know... destroys nozzles.
Ah the things we uncles go through, huh?
Tungsten steel nozzle.
I use the microswiss hardened nozzles they last well enough for the price points. unless you're going to go up to the ruby tipped nozzles, they're still going to wear out with just about any of the abrasive filaments.
I recently tried some dual-color silk filament. Half the filament is one color, half is another color. It makes cool looking parts that are different colors on each side.