Hello 3d printing community! I am looking to join the ranks and purchase my first 3d printer. Specifically I am looking at the a1 mini.

My use case is mostly functional, housing for electronics, hooks and jigs, that sort of thing, so I don’t think I need the ams kit although the multicolor printing and support beams of different materials sounds nifty, I also hear bambu printers are really good with supports.

My biggest questions to the community are, is this a good choice? What filament should I start with? And I live in a dryer climate, is a filament dryer something I should definitely invest in, and if so what is a decent and decently cheap one you’d recommend?

Thank you for taking the time to read (and hopefully reply to) my post.

  • schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business
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    27 days ago

    usually 20% or lower where I live

    Yeah, you probably can since it appears you live in the desert. It’s not like the filament is going to magic up water that’s not there.

    I’m somewhere that is more like 40%, and I don’t have the endless wet-filament-problems some people have but I’m also printing just PLA and PETG which aren’t really the filaments most impacted by a little bit of wet.

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      27 days ago

      Some filament brands are more sensitive to moisture than others for example devil design PETG took 6 months to moisten ,but prusament did it in like two weeks.