Creality Space PI Filament Dryer Plus, 3D Printer Filament Dry Box with 360° Heating, Upgraded Filament Dehydrator Storage Box Support Nylon ABS PETG PLA TPU 1.75/2.85mm

The first one that I received had a cracked screen, but gor a replacement and started using it. Works great, it says up to 70c, my thermometer says 69-71. The hygrometer is off from mine by about 1-2 percent, but that's perfectly acceptable in my opinion. Screen is a little slow and not very responsive to the touch, but not bad. There are preset temperatures for different filaments, and adjusting the temp and time is very easy. Honestly other than the broken one I received first I don't have any real complaints other than the location of the filament hole. There should definitely be more than one hole for convenience sake but for the price, I really can't be mad.

I purchased this filament dryer after a fair amount of research. It is my first filament dryer as I had some filament types that are prone to getting "wet". I did have one issue with it when I first received it but the customer service was outstanding and I believe I got the replacement the next day(may have been the day after that. I have nothing but wonderful things to say about it after working with it the last few weeks. My only regret is that I didn't buy the bigger one instead!!

I’m in love with this dryer. It works as expected and having the feeder on top separate from the lid is great. I had tried the previous version of this and the lid would keep lifting as the filament fed into the extruded. They solved that problem! I love the look of this and its size is perfect for the small area I have for this printer. I saw in some reviews that the touch screen isn’t as responsive. The only issue I have is when you tap the power button it isn’t always responsive and sometimes have to tap it a couple times. But for me that isn’t a problem as I power mine down by the main switch in the back. The rest of the touch features work perfectly with no responsiveness issues at all. I’ve been using this for a bit now and over all I’m very happy with it. I am giving it 4 stars just because of the issue with the power button on the touch screen as some people may get annoyed and I want to give an honest review. I feel it’s built well and has all the features I could want. I love that I can pick different materials and that it has a memory feature incase the power goes out, which mine did while in the middle of printing. It put the settings right back to where I had them when the power came back on. Overall I’m extremely happy with this dryer and would recommend it.

The media could not be loaded. Full disclaimer, I bought both of these with my own money. The sunlu had raving reviews and the creality had no reviews at the time of my purchase. I decided to compare these since I could not find someone else who did it. I was going to build one but for ~$50-60 I thought it was not worth my time to make one DIY.Power cords:creality uses standard 120V slim ac power plug (148W), same as playstation/TV/other small electronicsSunlu uses 24V 2A power brick with barrel plug (48W). This is unacceptable in 2024, either use standard AC power adapters or USB-C Power-DeliveryThe biggest complaint about the sunlu is the fact that the charger is from the rear of the dryer on the long side (since the LCD is on the other) this means that you cannot lay it up against a wall because the cord gets in the way. It also falls over very easily. The creality does not.Heat/drying ability:creality is much more capable outputting heat, as it draws 148W maximum, tripling the heating ability of the sunlu at 48W maximum. this translates to filament drying faster in the creality, the sunlu stays barely warm while the creality is hot to touch (but not uncomfortably hot).The sunlu has a max runtime of only 6 hours (creality 48 hours) which sucks for wet filament since it can take well over 12 hours to fully dry. In fact, I once woke up with my filament more wet in the morning than it was at night because it had shut off and I left my window open.This being said, I do not like that both are only suspended on ball bearing rollers, I felt that the creality was a little uneven heating the bottom rear side of the filament more than the rest, with the front side of the fillament (facing the panel) staying the coolest. this can easily be fixed by adding a motor to rotate the filament like a rotisserie chicken, I am not sure why no one uses that idea yet, I will likely modify my creality to do this using a microwave oven plate motor.Noise:Creality has a kinda annoying hum from the fan. It is much quieter than my printer but definitely audible and annoying if in the same room. I will likely replace it with a silent fan.the Sunlu is quiet.Screen:Sunlu screen is turned on by double tapping, it uses an LCD panel with a manual LED backlight. Light turns off automatically after a a minute by default which really bothers me as it sits under my dark desk so I have to keep tapping it to turn on. Even after setting LED-ON, the backlit panel turns off after a few minutes and the led-ring stays on.Creality screen is turned on by pressing and holding for about two seconds (light pressure). It stays on until you turn it off and is a modern looking color lcd-panel. I like this panel better, i think it is better looking and more responsive, although i wish it had an AMOLED or OLED.Lid:both feature clamshell designed lids, however the creality lid is a better fit and has no holes in it.The sunlu has two holes in the lid. It sometimes closes without fitting into the lower piece so you have to mess with it so it closes properly.both lack a gasket for sealing so I would not expect either of them to function well for long term filament storage, although the sunlu would fair worse with the more-poorly fitting enclosure and two unsealed ports on the lid.Price:I bought both on sale, it was about $55 for the sunlu and $60 for the creality so the price at the time was about the same, even if it was $10-15 more it would be worth getting the creality.If the creality had a gasket around the shell, an optional motorized roller, had a larger space inside (for 5KG spools), space for desiccant, an automated feed system (such as bambulab AMS) and AMOLED/OLED panel, this would easily be the best filament dryer ever made. Especially with a glass/metal body and cover I would easily pay over two hundred dollars for it.Returning the sunlu. Keeping the creality. Thanks for reading.

Filament dryer that doesn't look cheap. This thing is a workhorse for my work printer. It does a fantastic job, looks good, and is pretty quiet. I have recommended it to all my friends with 3d printers. Good at keeping PA6-CF dry. Creality may be mid at making 3d printers, but dang can they make a good filament dryer!

Fantastic. Very well thought out design. I always dry the next spool ahead now. Even better PLA prints too.