E3D V6 Hot End Full Kit 1.75mm 12V Bowden/RepRap 3D Printer Extruder Parts Accessories 0.4mm Nozzle

I purchased this knowing it is not a "genuine" or original part. I have an old Anycubic printer that I purchased broken and neglected for next to nothing, stripped it down and rebuilt for direct drive, added a new controller board and LCD, and tuned the thing to print PETG, TPU, Nylon, and other less bowden friendly materials. I made the thing for rapid small part making where super quality isn't what I'm after. Sans the electronics, everything was either printed or parts sourced from my fun parts bin. I had a V6 that worked for a while, but the PTFE tube rode up too much and it goo'd itself to death. I tried to fix it, but I really just made an unrecoverable mess.I wanted something cheap that would fit into my printhead assembly, and this fit the bill. I dropped it in, and I haven't had any issues. It has been great in my use case. I cannot comment on longevity, but there's really not much to these things. The extra parts will come in handy, and the tiny fan has been delightfully added to my collection of basically useless tiny fans that will eventually go on something maybe.

Heats up well, was easy to install and use on my Chiron when i had to replace my print head. print quality has not changed over oem and fits correctly.

This is a 12 volt unit, not sure if those that experienced instant burn out may have installed on 24 volt printers. I have already printed 8 hours without issue. Installation was quite another thing, it is not a direct bolt on for a Monoprice Mini V2. Third photo is my original. Note original heat block is much smaller & there is a spacer nut on the heat break. I had to bevel the heat block with a dremel to prevent it from melting the fan shroud. The original shroud is your mount. To remove the provided shroud unscrew its fan first. I had to unscrew the heat sink and install a 7M 1.0 nut as a spacer jam nut. Trial & error here to have the correct nozzle height. I used my original fan, the temp sensor is direct plugin, the heater doesn’t have a plug, I staggered butt connectors for the heater.

I've been printing for about 2 years now and finally got around to the e3D upgrade. If you already have all the other necessary parts for the conversion (compatible carriage mainly), it's pretty simple.I started the first print after some tests to ensure proper clearance. It was going well up until about the 10th layer when I noticed the extruder motor "clicking" which meant it wasn't able to feed properly meaning something was clogged. I restarted the print using higher temperature and the same thing happened after the 2nd layer or so. I swapped out the nozzle for another low profile one (also 0.4mm) provided in this kit and it happened again.I eventually swapped the nozzle out again for one of the ones I've been using for the last 1+ years with zero clogs (non-low profile - 0.4mm), and so far so good.The overall e3D extruder doesn't necessarily have to be high quality so I went with the cheapest/best value. However I wasted a good 2 hours monitoring prints and tinkering until resorting to the standard profile nozzle. I feel like my circumstances may be different than some other people's since I'm using a single-drive extruder on a cheap clone printer, but i think 3 stars is fair. I recommend this extruder IF you have spare nozzles (not from this kit) and time to experiment and monitor your next several prints.Update: I made sure every thread was torqued as much as possible on the hot end, yet even at 200C I have PLA oozing at the seams. Poorly machined trash spend the extra money on something better quality.

Worked perfectly for my Anet A8! Installation was straightforward, and it’s been running smoothly ever since. A good upgrade or replacement for your 3D printer.

This is a great upgrade to my printer, however the cooling fan went out in the first few weeks when I first got it. Replaced it via Amazon and has works well for the last few months and the fan again has gone out, luckily at the start off a long print so not too much waste. I also don't believe this is an authentic E3D V6 extruder as there are slight differences that I'm finding. Overall not too bad, just have extra 3010 fans on hand to be able to swap when it burns out.UPDATE:This extruder has done nothing but clog, I have changed numerous settings for feeding and retraction and nothing helps I and giving this extruder a 1 star because I have to give a star rating. I will be going back to the stock hot end.

I thought this was faulty until I took some time to learn more about all-metal hotends and how to get good prints. The PTFE lined throats are best for my needs and I haven't had a single issue with this since I swapped out the throat on the heat brake for one of the nylon lined spares that this came with. All-metal hotends require much more dramatic cooling at the heat brake than I think I was getting, and you'd want to lubricate the hotend with some oil and drastically reduce your retraction distance, or else you'll get a jammed up hotend and throat like I did. Having a better extruder than I have would probably help, too.If you've never printed with an all-metal hotend before, I'd recommend still getting this and giving it a try, but don't be surprised if you don't immediately get great results, since there is a learning curve here that doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the parts and build quality of this set. This hotend prints a treat now that I've used the provided parts to switch back to a more beginner-friendly configuration.