It depends on where you are. I’m in Florida, and we for sure need storage systems, or the filament goes all to hell, popping and steaming. 90% humidity will do that to things. Keeping the filament in an A/C space will generally bring humidity levels down to around 45-60%, but you need to have the A/C running consistently, or have good seals on your doors to keep the humidity out once it’s been precipitated out of the air.
Really, a cheap sealed storage box with some holes in it and a couple containers of eva-dry or other silica gel will work fine. It’s all I use.
Alright looks like I’ll save my money for the acrylic enclosure for my printer.
5 gallons bucket, omega lids and Eva Dry. It’s all you need.
@Adam_Steinmark I’m also in North NJ and I leave filament out all the time, but I do have a few tote-style clear containers with desiccant cartridges for longer term filament storage.
I did notice that I was getting less layer adhesion and a few crumbling prints when spring came around but increasing the temp solved that particular issue and I’m not even sure that it was moisture related.
I’m using esun pla which is labeled as inland from the Microcenter in Patterson. It has always needed to be printer hotter especially at the higher speeds but other than that is great value for the price.
@raykholo You answered like six things I’ve been wondering about thank you. Only thing left is what printer do you use?
Awesome.
I actually designed my own printer line that hits a lot of today’s trends as far as stationary bed, scalable in size, multiple extruders, and all the fun stuff.
Got like 5 of them in varying sizes from 12x12 to 24x48 around the house.
@raykholo Awesome
That’s awesome but too frustrating for me to change the filament.