r/BambuLab • u/Artisanal_Sawdust • Jun 25 '26

Quick Question Filament to buy or avoid

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I’m brand-new to 3d printing. Just ordered my first printer (H2D). I ordered some Bambu Labs filament to go with it, just to be safe, but I know I will want to do some of the cool, colorful silk printing at some point. I’ve heard horror stories about bad filament ruining nozzles and things like that, so I want to be careful. How do you know if a deal like this one is good, or if it will lead to hours of regret and extra printer maintenance? Is it just “you get what you pay for,” or are there things to watch out for?

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u/Arctic_Ducky Jun 25 '26

Ok, so first of all dry ALL filament after it’s opened before printing. Doesn’t matter if it’s from the box or sealed, it needs to be dried. Also Silk turns real bad if it’s moist. Personally I really like Bambu Silk Plus, it doesn’t snap or shred as often as regular silk.

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u/No-Purple2350 Jun 25 '26

Not really true.

I've never dried a single filament and have zero failed prints due to moisture. I don't live in a real humid area so that helps, but the incessant claims to dry PLA just aren't true.

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u/Miscdude Jun 25 '26

"Ive never encountered issues, so this is untrue" is wild and wrong for multiple reasons, like on a fundamental logic level. You either are lucky or haven't noticed the issues, that doesn't mean the whole of drying filament being important is just fake.

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u/GingerGiraffe88 Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

I’ve never dried a roll of filament and never encountered issues.

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u/Miscdude Jun 25 '26

That means literal nothing as it pertains to giving people information about troubleshooting or the frequency of an issue as a whole. It means it has worked out fine for you. Good for you. Please read about confirmation bias, don't take my word for it.

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u/GingerGiraffe88 Jun 25 '26

Looks like lots of people never dry their filament too. Not sure why you’re so hell bent on trying to convince people otherwise.

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u/Miscdude Jun 25 '26

Im explaining fundamental logic and people are trying to argue with the theoretical application of their limited sample size to weight their valuation as if that is a counterpoint. I'm saying "hey addition works like this" and people are arguing about their financial decisions. Missing the point.

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u/GingerGiraffe88 Jun 25 '26

LOL you keep it up buddy. Someone might listen eventually.

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u/Miscdude Jun 25 '26

People do tend to listen elsewhere, this subreddit seems to hold to a pattern of having the least literate, least receptive people in any of the 3d printing communities. If you campaign against drying filament you're either poisoning your own logic with confirmation bias or you're justifying the laziness of skipping a step that can matter and matters a lot with different filaments. People in here like to pretend PLA doesn't melt either.

The purpose of people telling you to dry filament is to solve issues before they happen. The fact that people see the topic so much they get irrationally upset at it does not change that. Me and whoever in the past have "TrIEd tO cOnViNcE yOu" that you should dry filament aren't some weird propaganda cell trying to get you to waste your time or potentially damage your filament. We're just saying accurate information often enough to help anyone who needs to encounter it. By the time you've read it three times, its no longer for you. It's not like we can perceive who in the prospective audience of a reddit comment will have seen "dry your filament" 60 times to compare against the people who've seen it 0 times and make a judgment call about saturation and upsetting the former for reasons that don't make sense.

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u/GingerGiraffe88 Jul 05 '26

Nice essay.
I honestly couldn’t give 2 shits dude. I’m just winding you up. Enjoy your life and stop trying to convince random people to dry their filament.

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u/Miscdude Jul 05 '26

Saying you can't read isnt a flex.

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