Got sick of waiting on ObXidian nozzles for my Revo and picked up a Mosquito for $99.00 on sale direct from Slice. When I saw it for $50.off, I could t resist! i can tell people, it’s amazing in-hand, the quality of the parts is so evident when you handle any of the Slice products, I am now a fan.
It looks expensive, it is expensive and it FEELS expensive! :) I was SO impressed when I took mine out of the package. Annealing the HTPLA printed parts to mod my Prusa Mini right now.
Is a mosquito style hotend capable of heating and pushing enough material out of a 0,6mm nozzle? Was really looking forward to buying a clone from trianglelabs but wasn‘t sure if my 0,6mm stainless steel nozzle would hold up
You talked about a titanium heat break but also talk about the nozzle making contact with copper on the mosquito. Can you help clarify? Or is the heat break copper plated right at the end (near nozzle)
The heater block is copper and it also butts up to the copper that holds the heat break. It's also not titanium, it's stainless, not sure if Nero just misspoke or was misinformed.
please read the documentation from slice engineering www.sliceengineering.com/shop/the-mosquito-hotend The hotend is rated up to 450c and they have links to different adapters for several different printers on their site.
Just finished watching the carrot feeder streams and you mentioned having the mosquitos on the shelf? Why are all of your mosquitos on the shelf now after this great review? Did i miss something?
@@davidgriggs7556 nothing "wrong" per se As someone who builds printers often. The boron nitride paste became annoying to work with. And depending on the mounting solution the orientation of the heater block can melt ducts. The two i had were standard flow variants. One was replaced by a high flow hotend in a larger machine. The other eas replaced with a e3d Revo beta unit. My other machines had hotends that swapping to a skeeter would really offer any major advantage. Thus. On the shelf for now
I think that the name 'Mosquito' stems from the surgical steel tube similar to a real mosquito's proboscis. And if Slice patented this, they could eventually block TL's Dragon and other copycats. Am looking forward to my Voron build! Thanks for all the info you've posted!!! =)
so stupidly expensive tho... a genuine e3d v6 is far cheaper. if anything breaks you have to spend another 150$~ :| for e3d v6 a heatbreak is only 19$ 205$~ with the heater and thermostat NO THANKS my printer is 220$ EDIT: wait you can get replacements? 60$ for heatblock
ya...all the parts are replaceable and available through slice or their re-sellers.... Also, the mosquito isn't really meant for the 200 dollar printer market IMO, printers in that price range wont really push a standard v6 as is. However on higher speed printers, like the voron, there is noticable improvements.
@@CanuckCreator mostly the heat stuff that interested me. I thought it could mean less jams and clogs. tho cleaning a full jam will be painful for something like this
@@chloemcholoe3280 i have a few hundred hours on mine already, printing both PLA open air and abs in an enclosed chamber at 50c ambient air temps, havent had a single issue yet.
Really well-done video, looking forward to the follow-up!
Yes! We need more of those vids :) but keep those with Voron build as well ;)
when i got my mosquito i fondled it for like an hour - its one pretty hotend - and performs amazingly
I believe the boron nitride is also an anti-seize, so you can use that for the heater and thermistor screws.
Got sick of waiting on ObXidian nozzles for my Revo and picked up a Mosquito for $99.00 on sale direct from Slice. When I saw it for $50.off, I could t resist! i can tell people, it’s amazing in-hand, the quality of the parts is so evident when you handle any of the Slice products, I am now a fan.
It looks expensive, it is expensive and it FEELS expensive! :) I was SO impressed when I took mine out of the package. Annealing the HTPLA printed parts to mod my Prusa Mini right now.
Is a mosquito style hotend capable of heating and pushing enough material out of a 0,6mm nozzle? Was really looking forward to buying a clone from trianglelabs but wasn‘t sure if my 0,6mm stainless steel nozzle would hold up
Great Video!!!! please can you share the link to the Nozzle ratchet, i can´t find it.
Hey! You can search thingiverse for fixed torque wrench
Has the holder STL files been released yet? I would love to print this!
Great video as usual. Can you link the STLs for the holder?
Has not been released yet, still in testing, want to ensure there not bugs/quirks before release
How heavy is the Mosquito?
Does it fit on the hemera?
You talked about a titanium heat break but also talk about the nozzle making contact with copper on the mosquito. Can you help clarify? Or is the heat break copper plated right at the end (near nozzle)
The heater block is copper and it also butts up to the copper that holds the heat break. It's also not titanium, it's stainless, not sure if Nero just misspoke or was misinformed.
Hi, what's the weight of heat block without the heatsink? I wonder
I have a question for you.
I want to mount this hot end on Cr10s. May i reach the high temperature like over 350 c°?
please read the documentation from slice engineering www.sliceengineering.com/shop/the-mosquito-hotend
The hotend is rated up to 450c and they have links to different adapters for several different printers on their site.
would the crimped shrink wrapped thermistors work if you cut off the shrinkwrap? or should I just get eht e3d thermistor?
If you take a look at the e3d thermistor, or slice thermistor, thats how it has to look to work
Just finished watching the carrot feeder streams and you mentioned having the mosquitos on the shelf? Why are all of your mosquitos on the shelf now after this great review? Did i miss something?
Because this review is old? And things that perform as well or better with less headache came out.
So nothing wrong with it? I purchased one after watching this and haven’t been able to finish my bifold and use it yet.
@@davidgriggs7556 nothing "wrong" per se
As someone who builds printers often. The boron nitride paste became annoying to work with. And depending on the mounting solution the orientation of the heater block can melt ducts.
The two i had were standard flow variants. One was replaced by a high flow hotend in a larger machine. The other eas replaced with a e3d Revo beta unit. My other machines had hotends that swapping to a skeeter would really offer any major advantage. Thus. On the shelf for now
What Nozzle torque wrench did you print? Can you link the Thingiverse file. Thanks
www.thingiverse.com/thing:2613057 Print the one for the required torque that your hotend calls out for.
What's that torque wrench you're using?
Its a printable model found on thingiverse
I think that the name 'Mosquito' stems from the surgical steel tube similar to a real mosquito's proboscis. And if Slice patented this, they could eventually block TL's Dragon and other copycats. Am looking forward to my Voron build! Thanks for all the info you've posted!!! =)
How is it with NinjaFlex? (Really soft TPU)
Haven't tried it yet
Hi can you share the stl files please thx.
All hotend mounts are on the voron design github
and yet 2 years later Nero (Taylor) threw it in a bin and never used it again.
so stupidly expensive tho... a genuine e3d v6 is far cheaper. if anything breaks you have to spend another 150$~ :| for e3d v6 a heatbreak is only 19$
205$~ with the heater and thermostat NO THANKS my printer is 220$
EDIT: wait you can get replacements?
60$ for heatblock
ya...all the parts are replaceable and available through slice or their re-sellers....
Also, the mosquito isn't really meant for the 200 dollar printer market IMO, printers in that price range wont really push a standard v6 as is.
However on higher speed printers, like the voron, there is noticable improvements.
@@CanuckCreator mostly the heat stuff that interested me. I thought it could mean less jams and clogs. tho cleaning a full jam will be painful for something like this
@@chloemcholoe3280 i have a few hundred hours on mine already, printing both PLA open air and abs in an enclosed chamber at 50c ambient air temps, havent had a single issue yet.
@@CanuckCreator :o awesome! can you say the same for E3D V6? i use a 5$ clone but i'm really looking forward to saving for something nicer!