🔧 Optimized Extruder with Capricorn Silicone by Creality Review

I've had terrible results from this "upgrade" (cooling stopped working properly) until I noticed that the nozzle is much blunter than the standard nozzle and Silicone The sock covers the entire nozzle, not just the heater block. After cutting off the rounded part of the toe to reveal the nozzle and replacing the nozzle with a regular, "sharper" nozzle, it printed perfectly again. Wasted several hours of my time. I'm confused how this gets so many good reviews if anyone can explain. I replaced…

I installed this hotend and it turned out to be of good quality. That worked fine for a while. Then I started getting Thermal Runaway and Shutdown errors. I assumed it was user error (like my fault) and tried to do a little refining and troubleshooting to avoid this issue. Unfortunately, it has only gotten worse over time. In the end, the error appears immediately when trying to heat the hotend. So I tried a different thermistor to make sure my new thermistor wasn't the problem. But…

After using my Ender 3 Pro for a few months, I started using it a lot more as I really started to understand how custom parts are made on the fly will. brings my projects many steps up. I bought this, an upgraded motherboard (between it and the BIGTREETECH board but felt the need to stick with Creailty. The board works great and works fine with the BLTouch) and a few miscellaneous small tensioner/extruder parts. I installed everything at once without BLTouch which installed a few days later…