Mosquito Hotend - Review - Slice Engineering - Chris's Basement

We take a look at the Mosquito hotend from Slice Engineering.

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[eddiemoser]

not sure if you know this but if you search mosquito hotend on YT this is the first video that pops up. Thanks for the detail Chris.

[Bajicoy]

That nozzle change time is awesome haha, and I’ve never seen a cooling method like that before, impressed it works, a shame it costs 150

[markcoren]

Frankly, you've piqued my curiosity. I print lots of polycarbonate along with some Ultem (PEI) and PEEK for school projects. I've been using an e3d v6/volcano combo as you imagine but I've been looking at going with the gold version v6, titanium hot end and copper volcano for better performance. That combo is quite in line with the pricing of the Mosquito until I start adding in the cost of water-cooling. At that point, the Mosquito is a very compelling alternative. I'll definitely be dropping a message to the guys down at Slice Engineering to get their take on my unusual use case. I love the v6 ecosystem so I can't imagine swapping all of my machines over, but I can definitely see getting one or two machines onto the Mosquito for sure. Thanks for a very compelling review, Chris!

[dmojo]

Thanks Chris. Ok ... this just told me that I don't need a Mosquito at least for now. I just got my supplies in today except for my water cooled hotend. It is using a titanium heat break with a polished interior, a E3D style Volcano Clone, stainless tips up to 1.2mm, currently 40w but going to 50w heater and a customized screw in high temp thermostat. The system works with two coolant lines going to and from the heat break coolant device, then to a cooling radiator (tiny) with a 80mm LED temperature scrolling fan (pretty darn cool) and then to the water tank and pump which sits around 6-7". I was just getting ready to return my items until I saw your video and realized that mine might be elaborate but for the cost of around $120 I have a complete system with a Volcano setup. Before you know it, using their parts it will hit $200. Mine is for larger volume printing and I didn't want to spend what I did but its something that I have not seen yet anywhere online and the parts can always cool something else like a laser if needed (thats the bonus!). I will upload the build on my channel soon. Thanks for showing me that I made the right choice. Sure simple would be fine but you already have a V6 setup an if thats good enough when compared then why even get a mosquito. Maybe I will give them a shout to see what is the big build capabilities. Next big project is a DIY or modded tall and wide Delta Kossel. Cheers!

[mattbackvass]

i pre ordered the mosquito magnum last year, and just now installed it onto my CR10S, replacing the micro swiss all metal hot end. I am very impressed with this thing! I print primarily nylons and am moving towards PC so this is right at the level of temperature range i need to be operating in. With the 0.6 nozzle and 0.2 layer heights this thing kicks ass with carbon fiber reinforced nylons!

[OpusPuffin]

Chris, When you said "How do test a hotend, I really don't know". You totally had me laughing. I love your honesty. You are one of the best 3d printing channels watch. Keep up the good work!

[antonionunez]

Bought one at ERRF and still haven't installed it in anything but recent "issues" on my CR-10s has me convinced its time, Thanks for another great review

[shmafoo]

You have answered every single question I had about this hotend. Thank you very much for this great video.

[serkanozkan]

I haven`t hear from Slice Engineering yet. But, you right!I must see what they say first about the problem! But my purchase decision was with your review, that`s why I decided to write to you first! I will definitely comment back when they reply. But before that, I will delete my previous comment before they reply.

[mattbackvass]

I pre ordered the mosquito magnum from Slice as soon as i heard about it. It's been sitting on my desk for a while now, as I travel for work (field engineer). I print nylons almost exclusively right now, but I've wanted to give polycarbonate and maybe even ultem a shot eventually. one look at the mosquito and i knew this was a design i wanted to use.

[thelightspeedd]

I love a machined beautiful copper alloy hotend on a printer that's mostly printed out of plastic. good times. We need a support group.

[JohnOCFII]

Another lovely review. I heard from another guy testing the mosquito that it worked well for PETG, but he had clogging issues with PLA, which seemed to be tied to retraction. It sounds like you did not have these issues.

[wandererstraining]

That's awesome, thank you! I'm looking for a good all metal hot end to print at higher temperatures, and I think I'll go for Slice Engineering products. I want the Bowden tube to be as isolated from the heat source as possible to avoid noxious fumes, and the Mosquito hotends look like they're the best for that by quite a long shot.

[alexbalako]

Chris, thank you for the review. You may also compare the volumetric speed limit of different extruders. It would be nice to see if Mosquito design with 50W heater has any advantage in volumetric speed limit compared to a volcano. For example, if it will be able to print at 250 mm/s with 0.4mm nozzle and 0.2 mm layer height it will be a great advantage over any other hot ends.

[scottschnatzmeyer]

Off topic from the video but wanted to say thank you Chris, i talked with Ben and he was able to send over some advise. Onto the mosquito, i think you nailed it with the everyday use vs high temp, ease of use vs cost. Finding the balance between $$, need and desire brings it into focus.

[LSDIGI]

Really interesting to see you using such low retraction. On my Sigma R19 I often use 5mm-6.5mm retraction to get rid of stringing. It aloud as hell as slows the print down. Waiting for a Zaribo machine to arrive and see how it stands up against the Sigma.

[madmike]

It’s a bit out of my price range, but if I only had one printer it would make more sense to me as it would make that printer more versatile and reliable. Great job explaining, and showing the differences.

[spikekent]

Great walk-through Chris, thanks buddy. Although I don't personally see me forking out for a Mosquito at this point, it certainly is good to know it's available if my requirements change.

[RutheniumCube]

I appreciate you doing a review on it. The easy change nozzle is a huge plus for me (especially with the lesser chance of stripping), but the price is about as much as a whole end effector for my printer, and I doubt that I'll get it to fit on my Rostock anytime soon.

[Robothut]

Great to see the results. More pictures of the Mosquito installation on the MK2 would have been great too see.