Should you buy a filament dryer for your 3D printer?

Filament dryer
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If you’ve ever run into recurring problems with your 3D printer, or more specifically your material spools – then chances are that your filament might be too damp for projects. This can cause errors such as stringing, poor-quality surfaces, fragile models, rough edges, and even bubbles in your prints. But what can you do about it?

Even if you own one of the best 3D printers, I’m willing to bet that at one point or another, you’ll have experienced wet filament issues. To fix your printer problems, it's a good idea to invest in a filament dryer. It wasn’t until I got hands-on with the new Anycubic Kobra S1 Combo that I realised what a big difference a filament dryer (like the ACE Pro chamber included with the S1) can make to your material quality.

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Beth Nicholls
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Beth is Creative Bloq’s Ecommerce Writer and has the fun job of finding you the very best prices and deals on creative tech. Beth kicked off her journalistic career writing for Digital Camera World, and has since earned bylines on TechRadar too. With a Masters degree in Photography, Beth loves getting to tinker with new cameras, especially camera phones, as the resident Samsung fan on the team. Her background working as a tester for CeX let her play around with all kinds of weird and wonderful products, including robots, and she’s recently gotten into 3D printing too. Outside of CB, you’ll find her gaming on her PS5, photographing local shows under the alias Bethshootsbands, and making TikToks of her dog, Tilly. 

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