I am running a Creality Sprite on an Ender 3 Pro and the Micro Swiss NG on my Ender 6 and CR-10s - there is a reason I have more Micro Swiss. Both extruders are virtually identical in print quality - but the cooling fan being on one side on the Sprite can be a strike against it. The NG has part cooling on at least two sides and provides part cooling air flow more evenly. That however is not my main reason for preferring the NG over the Sprite. - - The Sprite has several components that make repairs and replacement easier but they are proprietary and when I first installed it the parts were not readily available. The NG made use of the generic hotend components that were available almost everywhere. The ribbon cable that connects to the Sprite is also a problem as any cut wire means you have to replace the entire cable - this was the hardest part to find back when I needed it and was the main reason I switched to the NG. That and the fact that replacement parts were cheaper for the NG. The only reason I am still using the Sprite is that I was able to find a cable, had a spare Sprite to use for spare parts and decided to get my money out of it before replacing it with an NG when I run out of spare parts for it. Sorry, Creality, you had the makings of a great extruder/hotend and blew it with making repairs harder than they needed to be by making replacement parts almost impossible to locate. I have no idea if that situation has changed as I have already committed myself to what I found to be an easier path that gave me the same results for nearly equal money. I sincerely hope those who are running Sprites had/are having a better experience with them than I did.
How about noise levels? I'm on the fence for either of these. For the price difference, some spare parts are well within budget. I'm going for silence though, so modding to a 5015 radial fan is no problem. But I'd like to start with the less noisy one either way.
This was a long video, but a good video. I am just tossing up between the Micro Swiss and Sprite on my Ender 5. I tried the Spider hot end, and that was a complete disaster in my case. The filament was forever getting caught inside. Quality control on the Spider Hotend seems to be very hit and miss. some swear it's amazing, others get horrible performance. I've heard lots of good things about the Sprite extruders, both the SE without the hotend and the Pro with the hotend included. This video helped show that the Sprite is as good as a Micro Swiss, which are meant to be up with the best.
Link to files drive.google.com/file/d/1EBX1JE7pg-qJGiMi17tfXJN06fhFVPSL/view?usp=sharing drive.google.com/file/d/1TLs_uNMta4e0OLFEVtAu3T40gFfTcxPD/view?usp=sharing
Thanks for the video. Looks like you're having a lot of stringing, is it because of the cooling issue you mentioned? My Ender3 V2 stock prints nicer quality...
@@3dpfeeney You said that you made the model from the factory Jim Beam's 1963 bottle drawings and would you give us that? is it online? I have- An original Ender 3 (pre-32-bit) An end-of-production Anycubic Mega Zero 2.0 An Ender 3 V2 A Voxelab Aquila (original version, pre-chip shortage) An AnyCubic VYPER (bought online, used for $93 w/free shipping. needed a new strain gauge) An Alfawise U20 ONE (now cannibalized to make a different printer AND a tabletop CNC router/carver/Laser (eventually) I recently bought various extruders to try both in Bowden and direct drive uses. While that is nice to have better extruders, you are correct in saying that cooling is the first place I recommend before going into exotic upgrades.
Hello . Great video , I’m having issues trying to upload the firmware for the sprite pro on my Ender 3 neo and ever since I installed the Sprite Pro my extruder and bed are not aligned correctly. Can you help please?
Thanks a very useful video. i can now see the new Creality Sprite will install on my original Ender 3 with the 32 bit motherboard (Teaching Tech upgrade) i installed. Ive bought a Ender 3 S1 Pro and its running very well. (For LW-PLA model airplane prints. and TPU etc)
They actually make a kit that is all metal for the ender 3 series. I think its around $120 and comes with everything you need to put a sprite on your Ender3
I am running a Creality Sprite on an Ender 3 Pro and the Micro Swiss NG on my Ender 6 and CR-10s - there is a reason I have more Micro Swiss. Both extruders are virtually identical in print quality - but the cooling fan being on one side on the Sprite can be a strike against it. The NG has part cooling on at least two sides and provides part cooling air flow more evenly. That however is not my main reason for preferring the NG over the Sprite. - - The Sprite has several components that make repairs and replacement easier but they are proprietary and when I first installed it the parts were not readily available. The NG made use of the generic hotend components that were available almost everywhere. The ribbon cable that connects to the Sprite is also a problem as any cut wire means you have to replace the entire cable - this was the hardest part to find back when I needed it and was the main reason I switched to the NG. That and the fact that replacement parts were cheaper for the NG. The only reason I am still using the Sprite is that I was able to find a cable, had a spare Sprite to use for spare parts and decided to get my money out of it before replacing it with an NG when I run out of spare parts for it. Sorry, Creality, you had the makings of a great extruder/hotend and blew it with making repairs harder than they needed to be by making replacement parts almost impossible to locate. I have no idea if that situation has changed as I have already committed myself to what I found to be an easier path that gave me the same results for nearly equal money. I sincerely hope those who are running Sprites had/are having a better experience with them than I did.
How about noise levels? I'm on the fence for either of these. For the price difference, some spare parts are well within budget. I'm going for silence though, so modding to a 5015 radial fan is no problem. But I'd like to start with the less noisy one either way.
Thanks for sharing this information, interesting. For sure part cooling fan can be improved. What about the weight of each?
Was torn between these two. Just ordered sprite pro. Thanks!
I’m just going through the research before getting Ender 3 Pro.
Much obliged for the insight.
Great Option for Ender 3 pro , Next level thanks for the info. I don't see the link for the bottle you show? Is it elsewhere?
So the Sprite has better part cooling and upgrading this aspect of it is easier. If you're not afraid to mess with the wiring, I'd go with the Sprite.
This was a long video, but a good video. I am just tossing up between the Micro Swiss and Sprite on my Ender 5. I tried the Spider hot end, and that was a complete disaster in my case. The filament was forever getting caught inside. Quality control on the Spider Hotend seems to be very hit and miss. some swear it's amazing, others get horrible performance.
I've heard lots of good things about the Sprite extruders, both the SE without the hotend and the Pro with the hotend included. This video helped show that the Sprite is as good as a Micro Swiss, which are meant to be up with the best.
I do not edit my videos, no cut and paste.... Look at some of my other videos, their is some good model positioning
Do you have plans to release the STL for this? I'd love to try and print one myself
Link to files drive.google.com/file/d/1EBX1JE7pg-qJGiMi17tfXJN06fhFVPSL/view?usp=sharing drive.google.com/file/d/1TLs_uNMta4e0OLFEVtAu3T40gFfTcxPD/view?usp=sharing
Just now seeing the reply, thank you!!
Thanks for the video. Looks like you're having a lot of stringing, is it because of the cooling issue you mentioned? My Ender3 V2 stock prints nicer quality...
have not really played with both of these since the video... I have any printers... more cooling is alway better
@@3dpfeeney You said that you made the model from the factory Jim Beam's 1963 bottle drawings and would you give us that? is it online?
I have-
An original Ender 3 (pre-32-bit)
An end-of-production Anycubic Mega Zero 2.0
An Ender 3 V2
A Voxelab Aquila (original version, pre-chip shortage)
An AnyCubic VYPER (bought online, used for $93 w/free shipping. needed a new strain gauge)
An Alfawise U20 ONE (now cannibalized to make a different printer AND a tabletop CNC router/carver/Laser (eventually)
I recently bought various extruders to try both in Bowden and direct drive uses. While that is nice to have better extruders, you are correct in saying that cooling is the first place I recommend before going into exotic upgrades.
Nice video, thanks for the info
Hello . Great video , I’m having issues trying to upload the firmware for the sprite pro on my Ender 3 neo and ever since I installed the Sprite Pro my extruder and bed are not aligned correctly. Can you help please?
Thanks a very useful video. i can now see the new Creality Sprite will install on my original Ender 3 with the 32 bit motherboard (Teaching Tech upgrade) i installed. Ive bought a Ender 3 S1 Pro and its running very well. (For LW-PLA model airplane prints. and TPU etc)
They actually make a kit that is all metal for the ender 3 series. I think its around $120 and comes with everything you need to put a sprite on your Ender3
please post the file of bottle or link, thanks a lot
Your volume is all over the place
Hey Paul , video is grreat but your voice is going up and down like a rollercoaster, makes it a little hard to watch