Dryers 3d filament

[Sachakins]

Hi, new to the 3d print game about a month.
What do you think of these dryers. I am looking at ways to improve my spool carrier on my A1 (no AMS) and came across this.
Looks like it would proved stable feed for spools plus bonus dryer.

What do you think, is it worth it or just a gimmick?

I just found this on AliExpress:
￡50.28 | Sovol 2 Rolls Filament Dehydrator Spool Holder Filaments Dry Box for 1.75mm, 2.85mm ABS PLA PETG TPU FDM Material 3D Printer
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EHCRaoC

 

[mudman]

I originally made my own from a box and some desiccant. Worked okay for PLA but not PETG. I have bought a Creality double dryer that quickly broke down so it went back and I bought a bigger one instead Sunlu four reel dryer which is working fine so far. I wanted to keep a number of reels dry and the new one has a mode that will switch on when the relative humidity rises. Happy with it so far.

Edit to say that that Creality link isn't the one I bought, I bought the double one.

 

[fleyh]

I do occasionally dry my filament, but I don’t own a filament dryer.

There are at least four things to consider with most filament dryers:

1. Is it going to burn your house down?
- most well-known brands, including Sovol, should be safe in this regard.

2. Does it release moisture, or does it simply heat up the inside without venting?
- almost all filament dryers released more than a year ago suffer from this issue.

3. Does it heat up enough for your filament type?
- the Sovol you mentioned is too cold for nylon, I believe, but should be OK for PLA/PETG

4. Can you tolerate the noise?
- drying takes hours and all filament dryers produce very noticeable noise

Extra: some newer driers (e.g. Creality if I remember correctly) have a maintenance mode, where they maintain certain humidity level automatically. This is a very nice feature and if not for the noise I would be tempted to get one.

 

[Gerry]

I have had the same solvol double dryer for over a year, I use it all the time and it's been 100% reliablle.

 

[mudman]

Extra: some newer driers (e.g. Creality if I remember correctly) have a maintenance mode, where they maintain certain humidity level automatically. This is a very nice feature and if not for the noise I would be tempted to get one.

I thought the Creality one I originally bought was supposed to have that but it didn't when received it. I think the maintenance mode is great, I leave it on, it turns on every now and then and I don't have to worry about dry filament.

 

[Sachakins]

Thanks everyone.
Just gonna be PLA and little bit of PETG for now.

Like the idea of the maintenence mode sounds useful.

I have already built an enclosure of 2020 extrusion and 6mm acrylic panels, will be adding small fans to vent and cool the electronics under the bed, but as printer is in spare room, if i can't quieten it down, (SWMBO advice / instruction / threat of a kicking to my sphericals etc ) I am needing to think about moving printer to shed.
Didn't realise these dryers can be noisey ! So a no no from SWMBO

As the printer vibration noise is i think the main issue, looking for some good anti vibration feet first, or a slab of concrete if all else fails.


I do nearly all printing overnight, as on cheap rate night tariff, so making the most of cheap electricity, so noise solution is first issue I need to address.

if I can't quieten down the noise, (SWMBO guidance as above !) It may have to go in shed or garage. BUT, worried about the overnight temperature and air moisture content, also was going to keep the dryer inside the enclosure to help maintain the temperature a bit.

I think i will add heat/smoke detector in enclosure too now after reading some posts !

 

[sploo]

When I looked into these dryers the EIBOS Easdry (https://shop.eibos3d.com/collections/eibos-filament-dryer/products/eibos-series-x-easdry) kept coming up as a good budget option; that apparently works better (more even heating) than even some of the more expensive units. It doesn't have any fancy screens or timing functions, but I've found it to work very well for a variety of filament types, and I run TPU directly from it (as most TPU doesn't work in the Bambu AMS unit).

 

[fleyh]

Hello @Sachakins

so noise solution is first issue I need to address.

I am in the same situation, and on those rare occasions when I bought wet filament (Bambu/PETG), I used our food dehydrator in the kitchen to dry it initially. After that, the spool goes into a dry box where a desiccant keeps it relatively dry for months.
In actual fact - during the summer - I did not even use the dry box and still got reasonable results.

In order to get access to the kitchen dehydrator I used following approach: "I need to dry my filament. There are special devices for that. The good ones cost £££, or I could spend nothing and use our kitchen dehydrator".

 

[Sachakins]

Hello @Sachakins

I am in the same situation, and on those rare occasions when I bought wet filament (Bambu/PETG), I used our food dehydrator in the kitchen to dry it initially. After that, the spool goes into a dry box where a desiccant keeps it relatively dry for months.
In actual fact - during the summer - I did not even use the dry box and still got reasonable results.

In order to get access to the kitchen dehydrator I used following approach: "I need to dry my filament. There are special devices for that. The good ones cost £££, or I could spend nothing and use our kitchen dehydrator".

Neat, but not got one. SWMBO rarely enters the kitchen, so I think I may get away with buying a 4 reel dryer, bung it in the kitchen and call it a dehydrator, SWMBO will be none the wiser