3D Printing Flexible Support - Supporting Flexible Filament - 3D Print Settings

I started testing with flexible support material. What gives better results? When i print flexible filament, i set my extrusion multiplier a bit higher than normal: 1.40. I use 2 outline layers with a 90% bonding percentage to the onside (outline overlap).

Also i use a horizontal offset distance of 2mm when printing flexible support material. The flexible support material won't bond too much to the print in the horizontal direction, only in the vertical direction. The vertical direction is needed to support the printed material.

My conclusion is that using about 40% normal support and 2 layers of 10% support that is directly under the product, would give me the best results. My other personal print settings in Simplify3D for printing flexible objects with support:

black PolyFLEX | 3600mm/minute (60mm/second) | hotend 220°C | bed 40°C | 250 micron | infill 20% | 3 top layers | 3 bottom layers | 2 outline layers fan 100% | brass nozzle 0.35mm | extrusion width 0.40mm | retraction off | extrusion multiplier 1.30 | coasting 0.10mm | wipe distance off

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