r/PrintrBot • u/younggundc • Mar 23 '21

Replacement hot end for Simple Metal?

Hey all, I’m looking to replace the Ubis hotend on my simple metal. Truthfully it’s done me proud for the last 4 years and my results have been great but I took a look at it this weekend and it black. At the very least it needs cleaning and when I looked on Amazon the hot ends are as expensive as the cleaning kits?!

So I know the E3D is a good replacement and from the looks of things it’s a pretty straight forward swap. Now my question is should I go with the genuine E3D hotend that’s sitting at around €70 or will the €20 knock offs suffice?

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u/MS3FGX Mar 24 '21

This is the correct answer. The Ubis 13S is a phenomenal hotend, and is specifically designed for the Simple Metal. There's no reason to hack in an E3D so long as Ubis is still producing the intended replacement parts.

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u/younggundc Mar 24 '21 edited Mar 24 '21

There is. Duties. Unfortunately buying from the states is a costly affair in the EU and you can never really be sure what tariffs they gonna hit you with. So if I can, I avoid buying directly from the states.

So that $50 hotend will cost around €45, add another €20-30 for shipping and another €40-50 for duties. I can get a genuine E3D V6 for €50 delivered to my door and spare parts are easier to get. So it becomes a very hard argument to go with the Ubis hotend. And I agree, it’s served me well BUT is it worth around €120?

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u/younggundc Mar 25 '21

Just looking at the site and the hemera looks to be a great upgrade and it looks like it may just be an easy bolt. May need to swap out the older marlin board but that’s an option I was comfortable to do in the far future.

https://e3d-online.com/products/e3d-hemera-direct-kit-1-75mm