I have been using the Bambu filaments but everything is so brittle once it is printed, more things break then turn out, want to sell items but not if the things are going to break. any assistance?
Brittle usually means damp.
You need to dry the filaments out for a few hours before printing again.
Filaments absorb moisture.
Careful storage can help, but, even the best doesn’t stop it depending on where you live.
Read this post for tips and more.
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thanks I will give that a try, living in indiana doesn’t help with the amount of humidity we get - it is like 60 65%.
Generally you shouldn’t see brittleness right after the part is printed. Often that means the filament isn’t printed hot enough or the part is just too thin. Do you have some pictures of where the parts are failing?
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I dont have any pictures - threw them all out, as to the heat I have the A1 with the AMS lite so I use what ever the preset is…
I would love it if our humidity was as low as 60%. S.E. Louisiana here where it’s almost always above 80%. I use a small counter top oven to dry my filament with then store it in air tight storage bins with desiccant.
I print almost exclusively with PA (Nylon) which just happens to be the most susceptible to humidity filament as you can get.
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ill have to try the PA thanks
If you want to sell prints I have to assume you want or need to print a lot.
You are in India, one of he countries were people still get creative on the most basic of levels, use that ! 
And open printer in a humid environment is not a great start but a fixable one.
Get a small bar fridge or slightly larger depending on your filament needs.
Does not have o be a working one, only needs proper seals.
Add some nice rods to hold your spools as well as a fan forced heater - there is very cheap ones available for just this purpose, filament drying.
Like those electric frost prevention heaters some people have in their bathrooms, just much smaller so you can mount a PC fan to it.
Also get a cheap, digital fridge controller - they can be used for heating with no issues.
Of course you also need a proper way of dealing with the humidity…
That is the tricky part here with your humidity levels during the rain season.
Whatever moisture you have inside the heated fridge can only get out if the temp inside is high enough while the dew point outside is also a match.
The later is your biggest issue here as you need to get creative.
I just assume you have some basic tools, a creative mind and capable hands…
Two possible ways to get the humidity inside the fridge low enough:
- Use silica gel beads and recycle the soaked one using a microwave and digital scale.
This ideally means that you force the circulating air through the silica gel.
With a fan that means using a large diameter ‘pipe’ of sorts with air channels insides to keep the beads in the other areas.
Also means a lot of keeping up and checking, which makes a proper hygrometer essential. - If you go slightly above bar fridge size or build a custom dryer box of large size a dehumidifier of the electric kind is helpful.
You CAN place them inside the box/fridge if you won’t have to heat the insides above 60 degrees Celsius.
A better way is to have the thing outside the box and to just modify it so the air in- and outlet will go through the fridge/box.
Since these machine already come with a hygrometer so you can adjust it to your needs you only need a normal one for control reasons.
For obvious reason you should still keep a generous amount of silica gel beads inside…
The limit is only your imagination, so choose wisely and check if there is not cheaper options available for the things you need - get creative