Ender 3 Hotend All Metal Ceramic Heating Core Hotend Upgrade High Flow High Temperature Support 300℃High Temperature 3D Printer Rapido Hotend Kit Fits Ender3/ Pro/V2/Max CR10

I purchased this item hesitantly after reading the reviews. This review is for those of you with either a Ender 3 Neo or Max Neo. I have a Max Neo and I was able to make this hotend work with very minor workarounds. First the issue with the thermistor wires breaking or coming out of the comnnector. When you recieve the item, before handling it repeatedly, take a good grade of silicone (automotive) and put a small blob on the end of the applicator as shown in the pic. Put the blob on the back side of the connector where the wires enter from the thermistor. Push it in EASY as to not push it to the other side of the connector. Make sure it surrounds and connects both wires and the connector plastic housing on the back side. Then STOP !! Let it sit for 24 hrs to cure. The wires are now supported by the silicone and wont come out of the connector easily !! See pic. Next, reviewers say nozzle is too high. What you need here is a nozzle from a Ankermake M5. Longer than a v6 and shorter than a volcano. I took the heater off the heatbreak (removed the 2 tiny screws), pulled it from the red radiator, unscrewed it 1 (one) turn and reassembled. This puts the longer nozzle further up in the heater. I did not have to move the Touch probe or modify the part cooling fan shroud. Thats how close it was !! All I had to do was adjust my z-offset from -2.65 to -2.85. Of course you have to splice and solder the heater and thermistor wires on original harness. I always use the original wires to keep from pulling covers. Hope this helps !! Update: Been printing non stop for 8 days including multiple all-nighters. No issue with filament sensor !!...Yet

I have an Ender 3 Neo and my stock hot end needed to be replaced... After a long search, i found this hot end that advertises being compatible with the Ender 3 Neo. I purchased this hot end, but before i did, i also bought a K1C... Because of the K1C, i hadn't attempted to install this hot end until the other day... This hot end does not fit on my Ender 3 Neo, after installation, the nozzle was higher than the fan shroud. I saw people state that some Z-axis offset would be required, but there is no offset that will make the nozzle hang lower than the fan shroud. As you can see in the photos, the nozzle tip is roughly 3-5mm higher than the bottom of the fan shroud... This seems to be a nice hot end so it's frustrating that i even need to leave a negative review because i really wanted this to fit!

Fast heating and good budget hot end. It did fail on me after about 3 months of use, so there is that… spend more on a higher quality one if you don’t want hot end failure.

I print PETG pretty much exclusively and this has been a tremendous upgrade over the stock Ender 3 style hotend. It heats up in seconds. I did swap the included nozzle with a 0.6mm CHT style steel nozzle before even using this so I can’t vouch for the included nozzle but it looked fine. There are no instructions included, but from what I could find it’s recommended to use the included thermal grease between the heatbreak and heatsink, as well as in the thermistor hole and between the heating element and heatblock. You have to disassemble the hotend to do all of this as it comes fully assembled, but it’s not difficult. Overall I’m very satisfied with this upgrade.

Why did you pick this product vs others?: This hotend has been good to me, I just wish there was more documentation on it. Like for example, I only see 80W mentioned one place, and thats a photo in this listing, but running it at the standard 40W and I've had no issues. I have yet to run it to its limit of 300c due to me not installing the direct drive conversion kit I printed, but at ~265c I've had zero Issues. If you guys could get back to me on the above concern, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

Gets hot quickly! However this item doesnt dispelled the heat fast enough and heats the filament too soon causing extrusion issues. The thermistor wires break easily and I couldn't find replacements for the hot end.

This hotend was an easy replacement for the Ender 3 hotend and heats up much faster. I have printed PLA and PETG with no problems and it's so much better than the stock hotend

Wanted to like this product but I have ordered two and have returned both because the thermistor wires will break at the quick connect connection. Both wires broke exactly the same on the 2 different ordered hot ends, there was no tension on it in fact the second hot and heated and then immediately broke the crimp is too tight I think and that's what's causing the wire to break, second problem is the fact that I had asked the manufacturer where I could buy heater and thermistor for this hot end, they had no answer and they just kept saying please wait I'm down messing with the hot end. I like this hot end, It looks well built I think if they will fix their thermistor issue it'd be worth trying, I also think the wires for the ceramic heater run are a little bit too small But time would tell. wanted to like this just can't do it.

Really happy with the upgrade. My old hotend had serious stringing issues, which I think was due to wear on the PTFE tube over time. This new one has completely fixed that, and since it’s all-metal, I’m hoping I won’t have to deal with that problem again. The size is a bit larger than the stock hotend, but it just barely fit my custom fan shroud, so it worked out. It’s something to keep in mind if you’re running a custom setup, though. Overall, it’s been a solid upgrade and has definitely improved my prints. If you’ve been struggling with similar issues on the stock hotend, it’s worth considering.

I fitted this to my modified Ender 6 3D printer. The hot end works great, heats up fast and has allowed me to print more exotic materials such as Nylon. My only gripe is that the wires on the temperature monitoring device are very fine and slide out of the crimps in the supplied connector. I replaced the small connector with the spring loaded snap type terminal blocks you can get and it's bee fine ever since.

Rewired the machine. Pid auto tuned. Yet it will not go above 230⁰c . Keeps throwing the machine into thermal runaway. I wish I had installed this months ago to find this out, but alas I didn't so cannot return. Do not buy this

I've got mixed feelings about this hotend. Pro's great that the Bowden tube doesn't need to go all the way to the nozzle. After bedding in it felt like the hotend had the potential to not suffer from the clogging issues that I've been dealing with. The more powerful heater does heat up the block much faster too. The thermistor is a complete let-down. There's something wrong with the connections and it keeps disconnecting and giving bad readings. I've had several issues when starting a print with MINTEMP issues, and last night ended up with a thermal runaway error on the printer. I think the root cause is that the thermistor wires are so flimsy and delicate that it can't stand up to the movement of the print head. If it wasn't for this one issue. I'd be really happy.

Is there after three years of Printing with my ENDER 3 max the hot and finally gave up and clogged beyond repair. Luckily Creality make all spares, readily available and also cost-effective. Downtime for the printer was probably two days whilst I waited for delivery and then another day went whilst installing. Installation is easier said than done. As you can see from my second picture in order to install this you actually need to take all of the housing off the printer. You also need to remove some of the hot glue which the manufacturers used in order to prevent wires sipping loose during shipping and use. Unfortunately, this made the installation quite time consuming. It was however relatively straightforward as you can simply trace the wires from the original hot end so that you know exactly where to water it up. There is plenty of water so you have no worry of accidentally making it too short, however, you will want to make sure that you’ve got plenty of small cable ties to replace the cable tidy post installation. Seems to be made well and good quality. Ensures a good print quality