So I’ve been trying to decide which way to go. I want to start playing with the nylons but my current air fryer / dehydrator setup can’t hit the temps needed. So I’ve been trying to decide which of these two to invest in.
The benefit of the E2 is the ability to print directly from it, including its ability to do so with 3kg spools.
The benefit of the lab oven is much higher temps in case future filaments come out that require even higher temps.
The negative for the E2 is I’ve read some build quality issues in the reviews.
I can’t really see any negatives for the cheap lab oven other than no way to print from it.
Thoughts? Opinions? What have I overlooked? What’s the better option for our purposes?
Thanks in advance!
I use a cheap ninja 6qt that maxes out on dehydrator mode at 195f for 12-24h on new rolls, and print from a polymaker drybox with the 5% air exchanger mod stacks between the heater base/boxes. I also opened the heater + snipped out the plastic mesh, then super glued some SS mesh in its place, as recommended by the air exchanger designer. No issues with pa6, paht, ppa fibreheart, or pps. Less dry time for less hydroscopic materials like ppa, more time on the opposite end of the spectrum like pa6