Review on 🔥 E3D Hardened Nozzle V6 HS 175/400: Unbeatable Authenticity & Superior Durability by Kevin Singh

I bought this nozzle because I was tired of blowing through brass nozzles. I primarily print PLA, and while the occasional PLA print isn't enough to burn out a brass nozzle very quickly, in my experience, printing for a few hundred hours a month can certainly do the trick. The guitar's high E string slips even though it's less than the 0.4mm the nozzle should be, so I can't check the inside diameter. I had to increase the PLA print temperature from 195°C to 215°C (a 20°C increase) to ensure the PLA is extruded correctly. An alternative would be to preheat the hot end for 10-15 minutes before printing, but many of my prints generally take that long. While I've previously been able to use a 6mm feed with a brass nozzle, the steel seems more temperamental with more than 4-5mm feed (which, frankly, is the maximum recommended feed speed from the E3Ds themselves). It's worth nothing. that if the print quality is utter crap after using this nozzle, your machine is defective. This happens at a certain speed with precise processing. In this case, request a replacement immediately. In the past, E3D has allowed me to return one of their products with the same issue 5 times in a row until I get a working one. This happens and unfortunately is only part of the mass production of precision equipment. In general it works well so far. I will update this review if major issues arise. Follow-up: After a few spotty prints after switching to a different spool of filament, I found that I needed to adjust the E-steps and filament speed. This indicates that either the diameter of the nozzle is not quite right, or the pocket in the nozzle is larger than the brass one. In any case, simply updating your E-Steps and adjusting the flow rate accordingly eliminated the problem. I'm also getting prints at the same level as my brass nozzle, so people who say this nozzle is "ruining" their print quality have either received defective equipment or have not recalibrated their printer to support the new nozzle.