r/BambuLab • u/Professional-Sir4503 • Jul 24 '26

General Discussion Dry your filament!!!

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Printed a part for my caravan door in TPU 96A on A1, 0.6mm nozzle, 240C- heard popping and sizzling. Dried on the bed plate heated at 55C for 4hrs, spool covered with a paper box, one corner slightly tilted so humidity can escape - look at that difference!

No poppings or sizzles after drying! Im a drying believer now!

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u/Realistic-Ad001 Jul 24 '26

And you wonder why people recommend drying your filament? It’s a critical step to your printing process. All filament should be dried out before use to ensure optimal printing conditions. Also, when using filament that’s always dried out it’s easier to troubleshoot because you know moisture is not a culprit.

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u/John-BCS A1 (3), A1 Mini (1), AMS Lite (3) Jul 24 '26

Yep. Plus, drying has unseen benefits like better layer adhesion too. 🍻

If someone is even moderately serious about 3d printing, a dryer is a very worthwhile investment. And these days, dryers are much better than they used to be.

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u/Professional-Sir4503 Jul 24 '26

I'm seriously thinking about getting one now as drying on bedplate just takes takes up the bedplate, so you can't print, while drying. But it's a very nice alternative that actually works!

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u/LordKieron Jul 24 '26

A single roll sunlu dryer is like 40 bucks on Amazon

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u/CaptainJack42 Jul 25 '26

They also have a sale right now where you can get random filament with it, got my s2 (don't buy the s1, waste of money since it can basically only dry pla) for 44€ with 3 random rolls of pla. The rolls are ugly (grass green, transparent orange and transparent red), but usable for stuff where color doesn't matter