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Review on πŸ”₯ Enhanced Hotend for Creality Ender 3 Printers by Arturo Reyes

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Ender E3V2 with Satsana Air Duct

I decided not to buy MicroSwiss and try this version first. I had a bad clog and burned the ibex on my E3V2 and figured a new hot end would be better than reusing the stock setup. This block is significantly shorter than the stock hot end. I'm lucky that the Satsana channel I'm currently using barely works with this hot end. The channels blow neatly onto the thread/model, but now they're just a hair above the nozzle. Time will tell if I can continue to use this particular channel setup, but the Dawn Blade is working for now. I had to lower the Z-stop switch to accommodate the shorter hotend. It was two screws and a new bed level. I haven't changed the bed grid (I use the manual grid in the Jyers firmware) but this should stay the same as the bed doesn't change. I print almost exclusively PLA+ (IIIDMax) and everything works great at 215c. I reduced the indentation at 35mm to 2mm. I hope this works, but if not I'll update the review after a while. It hooked up easily and I made sure the thermal break was fully inserted into the thermal block with good torque (used a modified thin wrench and held the thermal block in a small vise). I put the nozzle in after the block was heated and it went in nice and tight. The first makeshift tower worked very well and I haven't noticed any problems so far. Fingers crossed.

Pros
  • No Blocking - Thanks to the improved heatsink and thermal break, the chance of the hot end being blocked by filament is greatly reduced.
Cons
  • Not bad, but...