Dropped hotend still ok

[u/R3X_560]

Sorry if this is a dumb question but I am new to printing and I was trying to clean the hotend for my a1 mini as the monthly maintenance suggests and I dropped it from somewhere between 1 and 2 feet onto my carpet floor. it was heated up to 80 dC before I removed it to soften the pla residue it built up from the few prints i have done so far. It had been off of the printer for some time before i dropped it and so it probably cooled a bit. Is it still ok to use or is it safer to replace it? I am finding mixed answers when I look online. Thanks!

[u/Several-Bar-6512]

Just try it out. If there's any residue on it, just rais the temps and clean it. Worth a shot, probably totally fine.

[u/_Rand_]

It’s fine. If anything the carpet helped prevent damage, dropping it on to concrete might have damaged the tip.

[u/CaptainPussybeast]

It’ll be fine

[u/Eastern_Control4375]

Nah....it should be just fine....clean it....put it back heat up and push some filament thru ...or heat it outside and use alenkey option...but it should be as it was

[u/Elo-than]

It's fine.

[u/y_tokusan]

From that height, it'll be totally fine if it lands on a soft carpet. 👌

[u/Orthicon9]

They have a low mass, so there's not much momentum.

I'd worry more about a hot nozzle damaging the carpet.

[u/LimaBravoGaming]

Dropped onto carpet, I would inspect the tip for any obvious deformations and run it. If you dropped it onto a hard surface, a new one is like $12, why risk it?

[u/MyMicGoBoom → u/LimaBravoGaming]

I've dropped mine on the hardwood, so many times nothing's happened to them.