The E3D v6 Clones are starting to show up!

[sgraber]

$20-$40 from China. I'm half-tempted to pick one up just to see how it compares to my official E3D v6...

www.ebay.com/itm/Assembled-All-Metal-J-head-hotend-with-cooling-fan-for-bowden-extruder-Reprap-/181357192120?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item2a39bb23b8

www.ebay.com/itm/Metal-3D-Printer-J-head-Hotend-for-RepRap1-75-3-0-Filament-0-3-0-4-0-5mm-Nozzle-/281554680465?pt=COMP_Printers&hash=item418df77a91

They're about half the price of an official one:

www.filastruder.com/products/all-metal-e3d-v6-hotend

[jimustanguitar]

I still haven't seen one that uses the same heater clamping mechanism.

They certainly look nice, but I'd be curious to see one up close. Especially analyze how clean and polished they are on the inside.

[sgraber]

Here's one for $35:

www.ebay.com/itm/E3D-v6-All-Metal-HotEnd-Full-Set-3-mm-Bowden-0-3-0-4-mm-Nozzle-/111566707295?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item19f9e4da5f

[bvandiepenbos]

traitor!
why support them?

[BeeAmaker]

How do you know that E3D didn't clone them???

[jimustanguitar]

By buying from E3D, you are sending money to the redcoats...

[sgraber]

Jan 9, 2015 19:20:55 GMT -5 bvandiepenbos said:

traitor!
why support them?

It's more to see how good / bad they did on the clone job.

This is one of the downsides to open source: the cloners arrive and you have a hard time recooping your r&d cost.