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I dried my filament, and it printed a lot better
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I have found the same, especially with PETG and PA. I even live in a fairly dry climate (Colorado, USA) and the normal air humidity is low (15-30% is not in common) so I figured it would be okay but nope! Huge differences in print quality and layer adhesion. PLA seems to not be remotely as picky but it does help.
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PLA will mostly get brittle over time as it absorbs water. Biggest issue is that if it becomes more likely to break while feeding. Drying will help some there. On the whole, it's fairly low in hygroscopicity compared to a lot of other materials.
oh, I've actually been thinking that people in really dry climates must have a great time; I guess the dry air alone isn't enough though!
Okay glad it wasn’t just me then haha. I think it was Zach from VoidStar that mentioned he lived in Denver area in one of his videos and I was like “wait a second, he has a whole dry room…” and gave it a whirl and the results spoke for themselves.