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Filament Dryers (self.3dprinting)

submitted 2 years ago by EvilEwok to c/3dprinting

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So tried out some PETG for the first time, and the first couple prints went really well. but I believe it's picked up quite a bit of moisture, sitting in the basement.

What's the current recommendation for a filament dryer? there was one on /r/3dprintingdeals a bit back, a Sunlu S2. is the S1 good enough, or should someone who's fairly recreational with everything spring for a S2? I see food dehydrators recommended sometimes, is there anything specific to look for in one?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I have a cheap food dehydrator i got on Amazon and it works fine. I mostly use it when I have multiple spools to dry, o if I have a particularly saturated spool. I will run for a few hours in the dehydrator and then move to spool dryer.

I had sain smart dryers, but i really didn't like how you set the temps. Instead of specify the temp, it had level 1,2, and 3 and depending on the number it meant a different set of filaments. I lost the manual at one point so I could never remember if ABS was 2 or 3.

I replaced that dryer with one from Tecbears.

https://www.tecbears.com/product-page/filament-dryer-box-white

It was a deal i found online at one point and I think it was $40 at that time ($20 off). I like it because you specify the temp you want it to heat up to. It has 2 heat elements so it heats the top and bottom of the spool and it has a readout for the current humidity inside the dryer. My only complaint with it is that it only goes to 70c. I had spools of ASA that say to dry them at 80c and I don't have anything that goes to that temp. I left it in the tecbears dryer for 24hrs at 70c and it seems like it printed better than it had in the past.