PETG used to be my default answer for outdoor 3D printed parts. It printed easily, held up better than PLA, and did not require the babysitting that tougher materials often demand. Then I started making parts that had to live outside for real. Grill parts. Handles. Pieces that sit in direct sun. Parts that may spend time in Georgia heat, near a grill island, or inside a closed truck. That is where PETG started to feel like a compromise instead of a solution. For those jobs, I