Micro Swiss Bowden Dual Gear Extruder Compatible with Creality Ender, CR10, CR-10 Pro, CR-10S, CR6-SE, Tornado

After my metal Creality extruder bit the dust after 5 rolls of filament I looked for a dual-gear extruder, and I couldnt be happier with this one. it shipped fast, was easy to install, filament loads easily, and it shipped super fast. The machining quality looks good as well, and the design eliminates many of the weaknesses of the Creality model. Im confident that this extruder will last a good while.

This print was taken straight from the printer... no spider webs... This combined with the Hero printhead mod drastically improved my printing... I also think my popup enclosure helps as I keep my house on the cold side.

The Idea to use a brass crush ring to hold the boden tube in was a bad one. It works well but these tubes wear out and with no spares and No instructions on the Size of the crush connector to buy more Youre in for a world of Hurt if you ever have a issue with your Boden tube. The extruder works alright Doesnt seem worth the price It is High quality but I havent noticed a Huge difference between this and a cheap aluminum duel gear.

It is really hard to find fault with this item. The original Creality plastic thing was a disaster, so this one is better by far. Ive tried the various metal versions that cost half the price of this and found them poorly designed. Using bolt threads as bearing surface, for example. The Micro Swiss is easy to install. Just follow the online instructions. People complain about the compression sleeve but I find that to be a much better solution than those screw-in things with the c-ring retainers. The red extruder knob is kind of junk because it is too small for me. There are much nicer ones available on Thingiverse. The filament sensor on the CR-6 has to be moved a bit. Micro Swiss points to a mounting plate on Thingiverse that does the job. This extruder is a solid item, easy to adjust. No more filament slipping and easy to load.

Easy to install and lots of info on thier website to help tune an calibrate. Just make sre to use the short cable included because the position will mKe it feed backwards. The short cable reversed it and now it works flawlesly.

This is so good it wont start clicking when your hot end starts to clog. It can chew up the filament when that happens enlarging the filament a bit more than 1.75! Thats a problem if youre using Capricorn tubing . I switched to ptfe tubing at 2.0mm ID up to the hot end. I do like this extruder over the Creality single gear.

High precision CNC parts. Much thinner than comparable dual-gear extruders, yet much more stable. Looks are awesome. Installation involves reversing the direction of the stepper motor. If you have a filament sensor, print an adjustment ahead, given the entry port is moved. You may need a longer Bowden tube replacement as well.

This went on my cr10 smart. Came from an all metal creality and so far its been a night and day difference. Beautiful machining and the fit was perfect. 130 esteps were recommended I ended up at 139. The recommended retraction settings were spot on for my petg. I was only able to run 30mm a second before with the creality extruder before stripping filament but now I can run 45 and that made all the difference. One thing I didnt care for is they recommend to bevel the bowden tube and it was extremely tough to get it aligned/clocked correctly. I ended up just cutting it smooth and running it right up to the end of the exit tunnel and it feeds through fine. I suspect this will make tpu prints much easier as well so Im excited to try them. Definitely a great upgrade that I wish Id bought in place of the creality.

I have used Bowden Direct Drives for years. This is a nice add on or upgrade.

As part of the installation, you need to cut the bowden tube from the extruder into a 45 degree point. That was annoying, trying to bevel it correctly. I would have preferred an included tube, with the cut already made. Other than that, it works well with PLA, Nylon and TPU.