What you get? 2 X Heater Cartridge
B**L
Really?
I bought these on a whim, thought I would give them a shot but didn't expect much for the price. I run Hemeras with volcanos and print fast so tend to need a lot of heat. That means I've been running the E3D 65W and the Slice 50W heater cartridges. The 65W outperforms the 50W by a decent margin, but E3D charges a ridiculous $62 each...so I was looking for an alternative when I spotted these.The connector on these does not fit the E3D system so I bought Molex 0436450200 connectors and pins from Digikey and converted one of these for the test. I test heater cartridges by starting at ambient (about 23c here in my office) and heating them to 340c while timing how long it takes them to get there. That's a pretty decent test for a high watt cartridge. Here are the results:Slice Engineering 50w - 3:19E3D 65w - 2:48BCZAMD 64w - 2:26This cheap little cartridge out performs the E3d 65w. I ran the test twice just to be sure. I couldn't be more surprised. The question of course, is how long can it do so. Will it last at 320c day after day? We shall see....It's January of 2021....I'll update this review if the unit fails.***update - it’s been about 6 weeks and my two machines sit next to each other. One with the 65w E3D and one with this one. I recently finished a 30 spool project where the two machines ran side by side for 3 weeks. This cartridge outperforms the E3D 65w every time. It’s only been 6 weeks...but wow, this thing punches above its weight class.
R**D
Not OEM quality. Premature failure.
While this is a plug & play replacement for the OEM heater, it isn’t up to the same quality. The first cartridge failed open (thankfully instead of a dead short) 4 hours into a large print which was a loss of a large quantity of filament. I had hoped for better, didn’t expect a failure so quickly. It might get you by in a pinch or for occasional use but I wouldn’t trust it for a high hour print.
A**R
none
works ve3ry good
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