Dried vs Undried ASA Filament

Filament is Voxelab Burnt Titanium ASA

The filament had previously been dried and used about 8 months ago. It had sat in a box, in a sealed bag, with dessicant, that when opened STILL had somewhat of a vacuum seal (I make an attempt to partially vacuum seal the bags that I store filament in prior to placing them back into their box for storage). I live in an area that averages about 55-60% relative humidity.

I pulled the filament out recently, and used it in the new Qidi Plus 4 that I received recently, and wanted to run a temperature tower. I was surprised by the results. The bad tower is fresh out of 8 months of storage. The good tower is after 10hours @ 70C in a filament dryer.

Before drying (fresh out of the stored bag):

https://preview.redd.it/385b6mvlayrd1.jpg?width=1848&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=258383bba0f0b34ef3076e948ff90fff01a487fe

After drying at 70C for 10 hours:

https://preview.redd.it/l1pp8wjoayrd1.jpg?width=1848&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b80d8bfcbb3afcf9c43f129bc2f9e35b096708fc

The purge filament from the transition from pre-dried to post-dried

Can clearly see when the dried filament starts to come through the nozzle

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