Humidity Kills (3D Prints)

I am in a battle against the UK weather.

People told me the Bambu Labs 3D printers were foolproof, well they had never met THIS fool.

Or rather, this fool who's 3D printing journey started a decade ago on another continent.

I used to think humidity wasn't a big deal, even though people used to complain about it online in forums, reddit, YouTube, and 3D printing facebook.

Yeah, of course, there are filaments that will suck moisture out of the air like [insert innapropriate analogy of your choice here] but that is the more "exotic" stuff that I don't use anyway, like nylon.

I value my lungs too much.

But since moving back to England, and a particularly damp part of England at that, I have had nothing but problems with my prints.

Filament Drier FTW?

My filament drier does ok but it is a bandaid and not a solution.

It mainly comes in handy for spools that will not fit in the Bambu AMS system.

People do make DIY solutions, plus repurpose things like food dehydrators, but I like that this has temperature and timing settings.

Enter the Bambu Community

Being fully enclosed I thought the AMS would just handle things for me, but it turns out even in places with fairly decent humidity levels folks are adding a lot of printed helpers to keep the moisture down.

So I have bought a big ol' bag of silica gel (not the colour changing stuff because the AMS supposedly can warn me when things get too wet, plus I have a monitor that you can see featured above).

Consider this the "before" post, I will update with an "after"!