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Ok so I actually found a good deal on Amazon Prime day for something that's useful (I think)…the direct sprite extruder is $30 off (in Canada). Seems to have good reviews, but I don’t know what it actually improves. My printer gets about as much TLC as my hammers, and aside from this under-extrusion bs I’ve been trying to figure out, it’s still banging out prints. Thoughts?
Thanks!
Wow, thanks a ton for your thoughtful reply!
A agree with what was said above, but I have to add that if you decide to go with direct drive you'll also need to take the time to dial in your retraction distance and speed in your slicer. When my E3V2 stock extruder teeth wore out, I went all in and got a Microswiss NG direct drive extruder/hotend. If you don't dial in your retraction distance and speed you will likely get tons of ooze. You'll also need to recalibrate pretty much everything from your z offset, e-steps, input shaping if you use kilpper, belt tension... the works. Is it worth it? That depends. In my case, yes it was, buy ymmv