1 Topic by Smitty505000

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Topic: Best way to keep humidity out of filament

What do you guys do to keep your filiment dry? I live in florida and the humidity is BAD. I am considering ordering up some desicant and keep spools in large ziplock bags with desicant.

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2 Reply by dubbsd

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Re: Best way to keep humidity out of filament

I put the desicant and a roll of filament in a vacuum bag

http://www.harborfreight.com/3-pack-vac … 95613.html

Ultimaker S3.

3 Reply by IanJohnson

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Re: Best way to keep humidity out of filament

I have a big rubbermaid tub with a dehumidifier rod in it - http://www.amazon.com/Lockdown-222010-D … difier+rod

4 Reply by op7ical

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Re: Best way to keep humidity out of filament

I live in Orlando and have been printing fine for about 4 months with no apparent issues from the humidity.  My spools have just been sitting around in the open, and the printing seems fine.  However, it is still probably a good idea to store spare filament in containers such as the others have recommended.  But I wouldn't worry about the currently loaded spool going bad.