eSUN Matte PLA Filament 1.75mm, Low Density Matte 3D Printer PLA Filament, 1KG Spool 3D Printing Filament for 3D Printers, Almond Yellow

If you wish to keep filament dry while storing it, a vacuum bag is less expensive than this box. If you wish to dry filament that has absorbed moisture, buying new filament would be less expensive than this box unless you regularly let your filament get wet. MyTechFun on YouTube says this box is fairly good for drying most types of filament except nylon. But the eBox Lite has a better heater and eSun says it is not meant for drying filament but rather for preheating filament before feeding it to the printer (I have never seen a printer require preheating of filament). The weighing function is a useful feature not found in any other dry box but its inaccuracy makes it useless (eSun says a new version available next year will fix this problem). Still, this is the best dry box for use with a single-extruder printer because the transparent top lets you see the amount of filament on the spool and a tube connecting the box with the PTFE tube feed on the printer keeps the filament completely enclosed. A hygrometer is missing; look for a gauge holder that sits inside the box on Thingiverse or Printables.

This is not just like standard PLA. It's EPLA and matte. The spool says print temp is 190-230. I tried 200, 205,215, and 220 all with under extrusion, clogging and little to no adhesion. I was just about to throw the whole spool away before contacting customer service , I started tweaking settings in Cura. 230c hot end, 50c bed and 9mms print speed for first layer has worked perfect. Everything else is default for PLA in Cura. After the first layer I have it set back to 50mms print speed and that seems to be the sweet spot. I'm using a Ender 3 V2 with upgraded metal extruder and Capricorn tubing and cr touch. My first layers come out smooth and stick great on the black side of the glass bed. This filament adheres about the same as PLA which both come off the glass very easy after 15 to 20 minutes in the freezer. I just take the whole glass off and stick it there even at 45c.

This filament is giving me a lot of trouble. It printed for about 5 minutes with no issue, then under extrusion, then no extrusion! Figured it was a clogged tip, but never have I ever clogged a .08 tip. Pulled hot end, cleaned up nice, put back and preheat.At went to prime and felt some resistance in boden tube, pulled and tried to ream with filament. Back together and back to prime and resistance again! Primed nozzle 20mm at a time and extruder just spins after 1 to 2 mm. Inched up Heat 5 degrees at a time, still issue. Up to 240, still hard time.Pulling filament again noticed how deep extruder marks are, I cut and re primed without tension on extruder, smooth this time!Primed at 210 degrees and went fine for about 100 mm then stopped! I pulled and swapped another filament with no issues, 500 mm primed.Conclusion (so far) this filament is soft and my single gear extruder is deforming it enough to cause resistance inside the Capricorn tube to the point where it cannot push. Will a dual extruder help? Maybe. Would a direct extruder with no boden work? Definitely. But, do I have this issue with any other filament? No.I’m rating 3 because I don’t believe this is necessarily bad filament.FYI running Ender 5 Plus

The eSun eBox Lite 3d printing filament dryer does work, however, it is not an end all to recovering all expired materials. The results vary. I have had the eBox Lite totally recover abused and "waterlogged" PLA that continuously "popped" about two or three times a second for hours during a print. I have also had it not help at all with PLA that has issues adhering. This filament dryer only dries filament. Sometimes filament goes bad for other reasons or is just profoundly low quality right out of the box. Sometimes adjustments to printing settings are really the answer instead of drying.Also, it is very useful that the eBox Lite can be set for up to eighteen hours. Sometimes, I have seen results after five hours. Ten hours is consistently enough to help some. Twenty-seven hours or more has been required in some instances (with just PLA) to get it back to prime. I have to say... this dryer is slow.Finally, regarding the positioning of the dryer box features. The angle and height the filament comes out of the eBox Lite is low enough to load into my tiny, bottom loading Tina 2/Cadet printer without problems. Some filament dryers have the filament come out too high to be readily compatible. Additionally, in my opinion, the controls should be perpendicular to the side the filament comes out of instead of directly below the filament exit point. When filament is loading directly from dry box to my printer, the controls are not easy to see or operate. The printer is in the way.Overall, what ultimately matters regarding the eSun eBox Lite 3d printing filament dryer is that it helps a great deal with drying filament, but takes a really long time to do it.

I've been printing for a couple of years now and have hit most issues at least once. This filament has been the most stubborn I have ever used. Once I found a usable temperature (10-15 C hotter than my usual PLA settings), the stringing was beyond reasonable (it took 3x my normal retraction to clear it up). Even after that I've dealt with under extrusion, clogs, and prints that start fine but suddenly devolve into spaghetti or are so brittle I can push through them. The only print that has worked has been a single 1/8" thick plate. It's a shame because the look of the filament is nice, but I'm about to give up on it entirely.Edit 11/12: after experimenting with a 1mm nozzle I decided to try this filament again (I guess it has become my matte white whale). So far so good. The filament has some coarse elements in it that seem to be large enough to clog a 0.4mm nozzle. Still having some trouble getting the settings dialed in but at least I can print now.

I bought this filament to try something new but after opening the box and find a non sealed bag with pla in it. I decided to put it in a dryer box and let it sit over night the next day I started to print with it and have had nothing but problems, like bad adhesion and warping like crazy, weak breaking structures. I also wanted to point out that instead of a deep black gloss it is more of a silver grey gloss. I contacted the company for help and got nowhere leaving me frustrated and unhappy with my purchase.

Updated review: After using up 2/3 of the spool on getting the print settings right to get minimal warping i managed to get a decent print quality. Had trouble with massive warping and print not sticking to hot bed. Still get the random failed print from time to time but when the print completes its looks quite smooth (except for the small warping at corners).The heat setting i use to get the best print is 225C hot end and 60C bed with an Ender 3 in an enclosure. Expect to waste time and filament to get the settings right

after struggling to diagnose my printer for a good three weeks and even going as far as buying a new printer, my prints came out horrible. Everything from missing layers, poor layer adhesion, layer shift, etc. I thought it was my printer was at fault I addressed every component on it.Turn out it was bad/wet filament. The Esun Litebox solved my problem and it's printing great again. As I would love to do a DIY, this package is a decent price and worth my time and money.thanks for a great product.

The filament prints similar to other comparable PLA/PLA+ filaments, however the color for "black" is lacking depth. I'ts more of a dark grey than a black (photo on left is the eSun Gloss Black, on the right is my typical PLA Black)

Top half had tangles and was a mess to use. Had to keep monitoring. Not buying again.