Fantastic review. I thought of doing the same measurements but came to look first if anyone has done it, and you did. Thank you very much for this quantitative and detailed review. Wish you success!
I watched a few of your videos then bought this dryer (my first ever). You are right it is super loud over long periods of time (my ender 3v2 is louder though haha). You were right again about it needing venting. I tested the dryer with the door shut and cracked open (20mm). When open 20mm it remained at set temperature and reduced humidity by 7% (26 closed to 19% open 20mm). This was tested on the same day same room. 21 degrees temp 52% room humidity constant.
Fantastic review, I like how you take into consideration all aspects of things, from the physical dimensions of things to the technical parameters. And I like your final consideration for Chinese companies on fan noise. I subscribed to your channel because I like that you consider all aspects meticulously and don't just say...the mains cable attaches here, the power button is pressed here, the filament is put here, blah blah blah 👍
Oh my goodness. You have finally came down to review that filament dryer. Thank you so much for that. I was looking forward for it for quite a while, And.... I instead I have came up with buying a industrial vegetable dehydrator for my filament for just the same price, cooking them up now on real 75 C (petg).
Exactly the kind of test I was looking for. Having your own sensor adds credibility to the machines own sensor. Not the same values of course but that is expected for different locations. These are quite affordable and while not very sophisticated seem to do what they should.
There’s an exhaust near the front for the moisture to exit, very small hole but it’s there. I’d recommend putting a bulkhead on for the PTFE tube if printing from the drier as the tube will pull in a case a jam. It’s so far a good drier.
this is a great test, thank you for the info! when i started printing there weren't really commercial options that were affordable so i bought a nice food dehydrator that opens from the front. i can fit 6 rolls or so in it, it's really nice. not good for storage of the filament so i have a separate dry box for that. takes up some space, but it works!
I have bought that device, and the fan is really annoying. I have tried to open the housing, but it is sonehow glued to the display and I fear I will break it. Anyone tried to open the housing? I would really like to get a quiet fan.
I just received this today. too sad it won't go past 70c :( wonder if I should return it? I wanted it to dry ppa-cf pps and PA-CF which need 80c to begin with anyways. I bought the plus tho it takes two filaments
Relative Humidity is a challenging metric to gauge performance because of how it varies with temperature. A quantity of air with a fixed amount of water vapor in it will have its RH drop as the temperature rises. Perhaps it might be informative to derive the Dew Point from the RH and temperature, because dew point doesn't vary with temperature for a given quantity of air with a fixed amount of water vapor in it. (At least that's how I understand it.) In a sealed dryer with a roll of wet filament, you would expect the dew point to go up as it vaporizes the water in the filament, even as the RH drops. This would allow you to better demonstrate the benefit of filament dryers that have some way of actually getting rid of the water they vaporize out from the filament without needing to occasionally open them yourself. Cool review! I'm interested to see the results of the PA drying tests you mentioned showing a little clip of zip ties soaking in water. Cheers from Boston, Massachusetts!
Concerning drying nylon: Based on my own expirience: The 70°C setting on an sunlu s2 dryer is enough to dry PA. I've tried it with nylon trimmer line that sat open to air on a home improvement store for quite some time. The difference is, how long it takes. In a comment under cnc kitchen's video on printing with pa trimmer line ( I've used the exact same as he did), a commenter stated, that pa can be dryed at lower temperatures than the recommended 80°C, but every 10°C lower doubles the time to dry it. This might be something to look propperly into.
i purchased the pi plus, my biggest worry is it would be too loud based on several reviews, however it is quieter than a printer so it is actually a non-issue.
Hey. Thanks for the review. I almost bought one as I needed an extra one. I have the eibos single roll one and it's OK. So I bought the sunlu s4 dryer. It is amazing. I looked at the space pi but as of now we can only get the single roll option. And the fact it only has one option for filament exit also was an issue. Maybe you can compare this to some other ones at one point. Like the sunlu s2 or s4 etc. Tks
So the folks running 2.85/3mm can't use that tube it appears? I'm not sure I care much for this unit, I like the side of the EIBOS. I wish someone would offer a bit larger one that could handle 3kg spools.
Thank you for the fantastic rewiev! I buyed this one later on, but i'm getting a bit worried since it gets really hot underneath. I wouldn't dare ro place it for some hours on temperature sensitive material. Can you relate or has mine some defect?
Hi. You can't test the max temp empty. It needs 1 KG filament in it, and the temp sensor needs to be in the core of the filament and not just in the direct airflow.
The first one who commented the thumbnail, THANK YOU! Not sure if they were inspired by space ship from Guardians of the Galaxy, but to me it give the inspiration ;-)
I'm currently testing this one as well, I'm quite impressed, although its not perfect, I find it much better than previous units like the one from eSun, its also a nice looking unit and looks great sitting next to a K1C, would be better if it had a compartment for desiccant, I don't like how the PTFE tube can just slide in without any resistance, it should have a bulkhead compression fitting instead of that silly rubber grommet.
Good review with the performance test but the general ease of use should've been more extensively reviewed. I had this dryer and returned it because the fan is loud, front touchscreen is very cheap and often unresponsive, and the ptfe position is at an awkward angle to move filament through. Unfortunately creality isn't a brand that's known for thoughtful well designed products.
There are different products. PolyDryer is good, since you can store the filament too. Pi is stronger for drying (higher temp), useful for nylon, if you use it. Pi plus, for bigger spools.
I use the printbed and a cardboard box on my Bambu A1 (noise-free). It works flawlessly. I do not have any problems and I even live in a coastal city with 200 meters to the harbourfront.
It may have taken the water out of the sponge temporarily, but if the door is closed the water will just be trapped inside, and the filament will eventually just reabsorb it. Using this to dry filament will either require a desiccant or leaving the door open. The water needs somewhere to go. Either way a $40 dehydrator will work 10 times faster than this overpriced thing.
It can be made by user, minimal DIY. Drilling a hole and insert 3D printed part to guide the filament (but that part must be temperature resistant, from ABS, ASA, PC or Nylon. No PLA or PETG.
It's a piece of crap. They should have put a humidity sensor in it, I mean WTF! The hot air evidently messes up the LCD so it looks like a broken etch-a-sketch. This isn't rocket science, someone needs to do this right but this attempt is abysmal!
Finally a review that is not based on feelings and instead on hard data. Respect
Fantastic review.
I thought of doing the same measurements but came to look first if anyone has done it, and you did.
Thank you very much for this quantitative and detailed review. Wish you success!
I watched a few of your videos then bought this dryer (my first ever). You are right it is super loud over long periods of time (my ender 3v2 is louder though haha).
You were right again about it needing venting. I tested the dryer with the door shut and cracked open (20mm). When open 20mm it remained at set temperature and reduced humidity by 7% (26 closed to 19% open 20mm).
This was tested on the same day same room. 21 degrees temp 52% room humidity constant.
Fantastic review, I like how you take into consideration all aspects of things, from the physical dimensions of things to the technical parameters. And I like your final consideration for Chinese companies on fan noise. I subscribed to your channel because I like that you consider all aspects meticulously and don't just say...the mains cable attaches here, the power button is pressed here, the filament is put here, blah blah blah 👍
Thank you, these kind of comments keeps me motivated. 3 more dryers on the test this week..
Oh my goodness. You have finally came down to review that filament dryer. Thank you so much for that. I was looking forward for it for quite a while, And.... I instead I have came up with buying a industrial vegetable dehydrator for my filament for just the same price, cooking them up now on real 75 C (petg).
I have 3 more dryers for the review (and one food dehydrator too :-) )
@@MyTechFun YEAH man , your tests are always on a top quality. and web site is realy helpful
@@Eduard_Kolesnikov @MyTechFun is awesome :) I love his test videos!
Very good testing! I enjoyed it, thank you for sharing!
Thank you, more similar topics coming soon..
Great work as always
Thanks for sharing your experience with all of us :-)
Great tests, thankyou for taking the time and to present it all so well.
This was a top notch review. No bullshit, you can tell he is a professional, an engineer and basis his opinions on objective data. Thank you !
Exactly the kind of test I was looking for. Having your own sensor adds credibility to the machines own sensor. Not the same values of course but that is expected for different locations. These are quite affordable and while not very sophisticated seem to do what they should.
@MyTechFun I LOVED the Barbie Photo!!!!
There’s an exhaust near the front for the moisture to exit, very small hole but it’s there. I’d recommend putting a bulkhead on for the PTFE tube if printing from the drier as the tube will pull in a case a jam. It’s so far a good drier.
i was looking to see if you had reviewed this, if not i just wouldnt bother. But here I am :)
Keep it up Igor!!!
This is wonderful. I love the methodology.
What about the space pi plus
this is a great test, thank you for the info!
when i started printing there weren't really commercial options that were affordable so i bought a nice food dehydrator that opens from the front. i can fit 6 rolls or so in it, it's really nice. not good for storage of the filament so i have a separate dry box for that. takes up some space, but it works!
I have bought that device, and the fan is really annoying. I have tried to open the housing, but it is sonehow glued to the display and I fear I will break it. Anyone tried to open the housing? I would really like to get a quiet fan.
I just received this today. too sad it won't go past 70c :( wonder if I should return it? I wanted it to dry ppa-cf pps and PA-CF which need 80c to begin with anyways.
I bought the plus tho it takes two filaments
ela e bi volt automático ?
110V/220V ?
thanks again I just opened my creality dryer and put it on, now I can't hear the noise of the passenger jets flying over the house any more ;)
Relative Humidity is a challenging metric to gauge performance because of how it varies with temperature. A quantity of air with a fixed amount of water vapor in it will have its RH drop as the temperature rises.
Perhaps it might be informative to derive the Dew Point from the RH and temperature, because dew point doesn't vary with temperature for a given quantity of air with a fixed amount of water vapor in it. (At least that's how I understand it.)
In a sealed dryer with a roll of wet filament, you would expect the dew point to go up as it vaporizes the water in the filament, even as the RH drops. This would allow you to better demonstrate the benefit of filament dryers that have some way of actually getting rid of the water they vaporize out from the filament without needing to occasionally open them yourself.
Cool review! I'm interested to see the results of the PA drying tests you mentioned showing a little clip of zip ties soaking in water. Cheers from Boston, Massachusetts!
Concerning drying nylon: Based on my own expirience: The 70°C setting on an sunlu s2 dryer is enough to dry PA. I've tried it with nylon trimmer line that sat open to air on a home improvement store for quite some time.
The difference is, how long it takes. In a comment under cnc kitchen's video on printing with pa trimmer line ( I've used the exact same as he did), a commenter stated, that pa can be dryed at lower temperatures than the recommended 80°C, but every 10°C lower doubles the time to dry it.
This might be something to look propperly into.
As mentioned in the video, we have experiment in progress, drying of PA6 nylon. Test will be done on 70, 95 and 120°C. Results in few weeks..
@@MyTechFun Awesome, I'm looking forward to how the results are.
i purchased the pi plus, my biggest worry is it would be too loud based on several reviews, however it is quieter than a printer so it is actually a non-issue.
Hey. Thanks for the review. I almost bought one as I needed an extra one. I have the eibos single roll one and it's OK. So I bought the sunlu s4 dryer. It is amazing. I looked at the space pi but as of now we can only get the single roll option. And the fact it only has one option for filament exit also was an issue. Maybe you can compare this to some other ones at one point. Like the sunlu s2 or s4 etc. Tks
S4 test comming soon. After I finish 4 dryer testing (which are here), there will be a direct comparison too.
Well shit, I bought the old creality one some weeks ago :/
Any ideas if it can be improved?
Let's see if it works well with PA, if you have an older one would be great 😄
After I finish all dryer tests in progress (5 pcs), then it will be side-by-side, drying of PA with measured weights..
Amazing thumbnail and video. 😂
So the folks running 2.85/3mm can't use that tube it appears? I'm not sure I care much for this unit, I like the side of the EIBOS. I wish someone would offer a bit larger one that could handle 3kg spools.
I am testing one now (version for 3 kg spools)
Thank you for the fantastic rewiev! I buyed this one later on, but i'm getting a bit worried since it gets really hot underneath. I wouldn't dare ro place it for some hours on temperature sensitive material. Can you relate or has mine some defect?
Do we have to use silica gel in the dryers?
It helps, but not mandatory. It is very important if you use the dryer as storage box (but it needs good sealing too)
@@MyTechFun great, thanks :) buying a Ebox lite after looking at your tests. Great work!
Why not opening up the dryer and check how easily we can replace the fan with a quiet one?
Because the first review is always about the stock product. When I finish all 4 dryer review, I will choose one and modify it if necessary.
Hi. You can't test the max temp empty. It needs 1 KG filament in it, and the temp sensor needs to be in the core of the filament and not just in the direct airflow.
Hi, can you review the new Polymaker dryer please
Yes, 4 more for testing, Polymaker included
OMG THE THUMBNAIL
The first one who commented the thumbnail, THANK YOU! Not sure if they were inspired by space ship from Guardians of the Galaxy, but to me it give the inspiration ;-)
Omg, the thumbnail truly is amazing 😂
If it held at least 2 rolls Id purchase some. Maybe they'll release a bigger model soon.
In next 2 videos, I am testing 2 and 4 spool versions..
@@MyTechFun Looking forward to it.
I would really build an enclosure for that LCD display and Arduino...
I would too.. if I would have time for it ;-)
I'm currently testing this one as well, I'm quite impressed, although its not perfect, I find it much better than previous units like the one from eSun, its also a nice looking unit and looks great sitting next to a K1C, would be better if it had a compartment for desiccant, I don't like how the PTFE tube can just slide in without any resistance, it should have a bulkhead compression fitting instead of that silly rubber grommet.
Good review with the performance test but the general ease of use should've been more extensively reviewed. I had this dryer and returned it because the fan is loud, front touchscreen is very cheap and often unresponsive, and the ptfe position is at an awkward angle to move filament through. Unfortunately creality isn't a brand that's known for thoughtful well designed products.
I use a food dehydrator, 2 coils and it works very well for me, the detail is the noise but wit 2 coils xD
After I finish testing of 4 dryers, which are here, I will do a test with food dehydrator too.
@@MyTechFun 😲👍🏻
Hmm polydrier or space pi or pi plus 🤔
There are different products. PolyDryer is good, since you can store the filament too. Pi is stronger for drying (higher temp), useful for nylon, if you use it. Pi plus, for bigger spools.
@@MyTechFun Hmm first time printing so not sure what I need exactly, just probably play for now
@@MyTechFun Have you tested Pi Plus? Do you know what real temps can it deliver?
I use the printbed and a cardboard box on my Bambu A1 (noise-free). It works flawlessly. I do not have any problems and I even live in a coastal city with 200 meters to the harbourfront.
"... I like to measure things ..."
LOL ... sure ... and that is why we are here :)
As usual, Creality makes an expensive semi-finished product. They didn't put a seal between the lid and the case so I'll go with the Sovol
It may have taken the water out of the sponge temporarily, but if the door is closed the water will just be trapped inside, and the filament will eventually just reabsorb it. Using this to dry filament will either require a desiccant or leaving the door open. The water needs somewhere to go. Either way a $40 dehydrator will work 10 times faster than this overpriced thing.
It’s got an exhaust for moisture to exit, it’s a small hole near the front of the unit
Any it is only $54 so it’s not much more expensive than a $40 dehydrator.
If only they'd put a second hole in the back then I might've bought it.
It can be made by user, minimal DIY. Drilling a hole and insert 3D printed part to guide the filament (but that part must be temperature resistant, from ABS, ASA, PC or Nylon. No PLA or PETG.
@@MyTechFun Was thinking about doing that.
It's a piece of crap. They should have put a humidity sensor in it, I mean WTF! The hot air evidently messes up the LCD so it looks like a broken etch-a-sketch. This isn't rocket science, someone needs to do this right but this attempt is abysmal!