Is the Microswiss NG worth the Money? | Layman Reviews

Is the Microswiss NG worth buying over the Original Microswiss direct drive extruder with all metal hot end? In this video I try to show the pros and cons of the Microswiss NG in layman terms.

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00:00 Drop in Replacement
00:14 Layman Reviews
00:27 Initial Impressions
00:34 Does the weight matter?
01:06 Low Overhang Dimensions and Details
02:25 Shortest Filament Path
02:59 Is the NG modular?
03:26 Tug Of War Explanation
04:27 Tug Of War!
06:30 Is the NG Worth it?

[Derpaify]

Excellent way to test extruders against each other. Creative yet fundamentally simple in concept. Appreciate it.

[navycadet]

Dude that is the most creative and awesome test ever

[Smedleydog]

That tug of war was an excellent representation of the extruder force. Thanks

[Gunner]

Gantry should not sag just because an extruder moved to the other side. That is a side effect of not having tight enough rollers or misaligned rollers

[EnriqSandoval]

OH MAN....The soundtrack to this vid is awesome! I felt like I was watching Gladiator during the tug of war. Great touch.

[istayhighi]

Man I just got the ng in the mail today. Sadly I gotta wait 10 hours for my print to finish but so far I’m impressed by the quality of it.

[PETRevolutionD]

love the content... but get a better mic when recording your audio... please. other than that. great stuff! keep it up!

[zdog]

Awesome video creative test! Can't wait to see more videos!

[oldgrumpybatman]

I have the NG but let me say it's nothing but clogging issues and it's a real pain to take apart and put back together every time... so frustrating...

[PdunnsD]

Hows it a shorter filament path than say the sprite pro that goes directly in in a similar way

[JimmysDIY]

Helpful but your comment re: filament going out on 1st Gen is wrong. Capricorn tube going to the hot end cut too short which is the reason it goes out. It is cut at an angle to sit between gears.

[blue_beephang-glider]

NO! 12 successes followed by infinite fault finding and disassembly assembling, searches on YouTube and forums.
All return to the device not working in the same way...
Removed and binned.

[capthowdy]

well u just decided with direct drive im putting on one of my creality machines, not sure which one yet but a ng will be added to a ender 3, 3max, 5 or a aquila not sure which im going to put it on yet, ender 5 has a microswiss hotend already so that makes me want to lean in the other direction but one question, is the heat block an throat the same from the ng to the original all metal hotend or are they different. would be nice if all the parts where interchangeable.

[txwombat]

Any-update on the jamming when loading filament? - I'm having the same issue

[mrinductionakagolddenboy]

Love the video .but man please fix the audio is terrible

[Dkizzle]

This is the video I've been looking for! I had an all metal hotend from microswiss so it was cheaper to buy the older style when switching to dd.

Been curious of the difference and what I am missing. Would be interested to see print quality comparison, but mostly that test you did was awesome.

Could the original extruder lift the spool on its own if it wasn't attached to the NG? How strong is the microswiss extruder is essentially my question. It is clear the ng is extremely powerful in comparison

[zdog]

Here's another one for the algorithm

[robertbobbitt]

The end to end height check is pointless due to single z drive