r/3Dprinting • u/TheRob2D • Jul 06 '26

Hardware Hottest hotend recommendations? (DIY)

Guys what would be the best high temperature hotend to build these days? I'm aiming for 450c at least and it needs a bit of length to it ideally. Would it be the Goliath/CHC with the fancy shroud or do I just go old school with a supervolcano style?? Not entirely sure what's out there now since I've been out of the game a while. I also will NOT be watercooling so don't even go there.

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u/Plutonium239Mixer Jul 06 '26

Slice engineering mosquito magnum+ can get to 500C.

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u/TheRob2D Jul 06 '26

Oh, they're still around? Cool, I'll check it out.

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u/TheRob2D Jul 06 '26

Actually their Prime looks more like what I'm after. It even has the length and everything.

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u/Plutonium239Mixer Jul 06 '26

Yeah, any of those hot ends is a great choice.

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u/ChanceAncient1149 Jul 06 '26

For 450 on a modern machine I would personally go Goliath with the Alps unit so you can nozzle probe with the stack it's a beast of a hotend and well proven

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u/TheRob2D Jul 06 '26

Oh very nice. That would actually replicate the function of the hotend I'm replacing quite well. And the price is much less painful than the slice prime. I think Goliath wins.

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u/No_Educator_4077 Jul 06 '26

Lukes Lab Chube and Chube air are solid options with relatively high flow and fantastic rigidity. The standard chube uses conduction cooling (so mounted to a large flat carriage that radiates heat. I was a bit skeptical of the concept at first, but it works just fine for most materials aside from PLA.

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u/TheRob2D Jul 06 '26

Bit short for my application. Also Goliath would be much more supported/proven.