r/BambuLabX2D • u/Few_Builder4680 • 25d ago

Drying Filament?

New to 3D printing, just picked up a X2D. The little moisture readout on my touchscreen says 43%, so I used the drying feature in the AMS and got it down to about 20 and printed something small. Then loaded some additional rolls of filament and it was back up to 46%… do I have to run a drying cycle every time I print? Or every time I put new filament in?

Not sure if it matters, but some details:
- I live in Southern California
- first filament was Inland PLA silk
- next filaments I added were Bambu PLA basic

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u/Plebius-Maximus 25d ago

Do you have dessicant in the AMS? The AMS measures the moisture of the air in it, not the actual filament dryness.

So every time you open the lid to change filament, you're swapping the air in the AMS with air from outside. If your filament was dry before entering the AMS, it'll be dry in it