I just assembled my new Anycubic Kobra 2, performed an auto level and tried to print the 30min benchy file they include on the micro SD card that it ships with. No other modifications of adjustments made. It printed in pretty much exactly the 30min the advertised.
It’s think it did OK, but with obvious issues. Since I’m new to the hobby I don’t know exactly what to expect and how to identify print quality issues.
My benchy looks like this:
I will second the drying filament statement. It’s genuinely shocking the difference it can make. Pretty much every metric is improved by using properly dried filament.
There are also food dehydrator mods out there on thingiverse/printables to convert a cylindrical dehydrator to work for filament without butchering the stands that come with it. Plus side is you can also make beef jerky with it :P