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Enhanced Performance: Silicone Printers Hotends Heater Upgrade Review

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Fits: CR-10 / CR-10S / CR-10-S5 / CR-10 MINI / CR-10-S4 / Ender-2 / TronXY X5S / MK7, MK8, MK9 Hotends. Slotted Clamping System. Silicone Sock Included. Block dimensions: 20mm x 20mm x 10mm. Made in USA by Micro Swiss.

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Revainrating 5 out of 5

Radiator stabilization holes are missing

The standard Ender v2 hotend has 2 screw holes to attach the heater block to the heatsink, these holes are missing on this heater block (I thought the 2 screw holes shown in the pictures were the aforementioned holes for stabilizing bolts, but they are used to attach the heating element)

Pros
  • Silicone sleeve included
Cons
  • Big and bulky

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great Hot End: 3D Printer Extruder

Micro Swiss Heater Block: I have a full DD extruder and an all metal hot end, but I have it clog accidentally twisted when fastening. I got a new one, figured out the size and traced the original, so now I have a spare. Thank you MicroSwiss! Glad you made it. You are doing a great job.

Pros
  • Made in the USA by Micro Swiss
Cons
  • Not bad, but...

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Micro-Swiss Full Metal Heater Block Replacement

I had a brand new all metal Micro Swiss hot end that I bought right after Christmas but I didn't tighten the nozzle enough and ended up making quite a mess when one of my print jobs failed. I disassembled the hot end to clean it but found that I had stripped one of the screws in the heater block so I couldn't get the ceramic heater cylinder out. Luckily I was only able to buy a thermal block. Installing the thermal block was easy (after pulling a new heater barrel through the wiring harness and

Pros
  • Suitable for: CR-10 / CR-10S / CR-10-S5 / CR-10 MINI / CR-10-S4 / Ender-2 / TronXY X5S / MK7, MK8, MK9 Hotend
Cons
  • unreliable