Do you REALLY Need a Filament Dryer for your 3D Printing?

In this video I test four types of filaments; PLA, PETG, TPU, and ABS for their sensitivity to moisture by soaking them in water for 7 days! Then I dry them using three different filament dry boxes so you will want to see the surprising results. This video is brought to you by PCBWay, your one-stop-shop for PCB’s, injection molding, 3D printing and other services. Check them out at pcbway.com/g/5uwW1e
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:58 Running the Wet Filament Experiment
03:28 Reviewing the Wet Filament Experiment Results
05:58 Comparing 3 Filament Dry Boxes
07:03 Recommendations & Observations
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[@facts99761]

Greetings to chef😃 Really helpful!

[@KenHudson]

HAHAHA!! Love the chef performance. Thank you SO much for this valuable information. Really helpful.

[@ristinnovations]

I’m glad you liked my twin, Chef Luigi😂. Thanks for your positive feedback!

[@yolo6741]

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[@ristinnovations]

Lol, Chef Luigi is my “twin”😊. Thanks for your comment!

[@StevePrior]

PLA and especially silk variations of PLA become brittle when they have absorbed moisture and this can be fixed by drying the spool. I've had extreme examples where the silk PLA filament kept breaking during a single print to the same spool after drying being trouble free.

[@ristinnovations]

Hi Steve, you bring up a great point regarding the silk PLA. Thanks for your feedback.

[@PaulB-justme]

Thanks for the information! I was thinking about getting a filament drying box, but I have only recently started 3D printing, and haven't progressed beyond PLA yet. I also live in the UK, where it isn't often too humid (wet, but not humid!) I keep my opened filament in vacuum sealer bags with dessicant, so only ever have one roll out at any time (no AMS on my A1 Mini!) I will just carry on as I am for now!

[@ristinnovations]

Hi Paul, In your case it sounds like you have a great system for managing your PLA. If you expand to other materials you may need a filament dryer, but I agree with you that for now you don’t need a dryer. Thanks for your ongoing support of watching my videos😊

[@PaulB-justme]

Thanks Ken! I like following your channel, as you keep things simple enough for beginners like me to understand! 😳 Keep up the good work! 👏

[@joshi5252]

Great video! Thanks for sharing the results you found. I just bought a Bambu X1C and transitioning out of pla filament.

[@ristinnovations]

You are welcome! Good luck with your X1C.

[@tomaskianicka3343]

Luigi! 😂

[@ristinnovations]

I’m glad you liked him😊

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