I’ll toss in a wild speculation/wish list to the mix while we’re waiting. I kinda hope they offer a separate filament dryer to their lineup. With more and more of their catalog suggesting you should dry it before use it would be nice to see something with their logo on it.
Could make some jerky and fruit snacks too. 
Better yet, filament dryer built into the AMS, and even better, separate compartments for different temperature filaments.
This seems to be the patent for the AMS 2 Pro, which does include a heating element and fan, so while not confirmed, I would bet on it being there
If Bambulab includes a filament dryer, I hope to God it’s a good one. Otherwise it’s just a gimmick and you’ll have to get a good one anyway.
That and I would like it to be schedulable. I would like to print some desiccant pouches for it and just schedule it to run for X hours every X days so I don’t have to worry about it anymore
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Now go lifesized and it’s maiden voyage can be in hydrochloric acid!
I think it would make more sense to have it maintain a preset humidity level, otherwise it could be running unnecessarily
You’re probably right, my main thing is that I want to buy 2 AMS units, configure them if need be, and never worry about filament humidity again for whatever’s in there. I live in a humidity pocket in an already humid environment, so having 8 spools ready to multi-material print without worry would be fantastic
Remains to be seen if the new AMS will be …backward compatible with the existing machines…If they are, and if they dry filament we expect them to do, I might purchase a couple as well.
I really hope it will be, it’s been a feature a lot of people have wanted for a long time and I think it’s a bit unfair to expect that entire userbase to upgrade their already functioning printers just for a better AMS, though I could possibly see having to get the new hub or something
There’s a problem though with all of these dry box/dryer solutions - none of them get hot enough to dry some of the engineering filaments like PPS, which requires a minimum of 100 C.
I’m tempted to bite the bullet and get a couple of the Thorsden inline dryers https://thordsen3d.com/ and be done with it.
They’re good up to a 140C and dry the filament in real time, so you don’t need dry boxes to store spools.
[edit] I should add that I’d like to see more third party reviews of it before committing
You can get a anycubic kobra s1 combo - the ACE (their version of AMS) is a dryer as well, which is cool, however that’s the only upside right now as the firmware is making it due unnecessary movements before starting to print and sometimes it ejects the filament for no reason, but the next firmware will fix that according to their support, so it’s an option for you 
Wow! Those do look quite interesting. Call me skeptical, but I wonder how effective they are at removing deep rooted moisture and not just surface moisture? I saw their self-reported results, but I can’t know whether or not the test samples were biased toward surface moisture, which is easier/faster to get rid of.
I started my 3D printing journey with an Anycubic Vyper, and I wouldn’t go back honestly. I thought I was getting a steal for under $200 on sale but 80% of my time was just testing and calibrating. I’m sure they’ve gotten better but they lost my business when I got an A1 and saw how much more fun and less stress it was from the very beginning with a machine that “just works”, the current issue with the firmware just kinda cements that for me even more 
IIRC from their (failed) Kickstarter campaign https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thordsen3d/thordsen3d-the-ifd-175-ap-air-power-inline-filament-dryer/comments , it was claimed that it fully dried the filament.
Yeah, if you want a good laugh, have a look at the end of this video, where the guy just completely loses it, attacks his Neptune 4 Max with a sledgehammer, and while fading to black, he’s saying, “Level now, Bit**?”:
oh no don’t get me wrong, it’s a big annoying but it’s not a major fault, the printer actually prints quite well, i’m happy with it, it’s pretty close to the p1s in quality, the bambu still takes it, but it’s also more expensive
you should give this one a look - SUNLU FilaDryer E2, Born for Engineering Filaments Drying and Annealing | SUNLU – Affordable 3D Printing Filaments and Resins
Oh yeah, forgot about that, but for not that much more money I get a pair of the even more capable (I hope) Thorsdens
