Prusa Mini Upgrades: The Heater Block and Hotend Options, a Dryer, and What the Mini Does Not Need
Short answer The Prusa Mini needs little. A higher-wattage heater block or an upgraded hotend gives faster heat-up and more flow on…
Category: Parts & fit
Nozzles, build plates, hotends and extruders — with fitment tables that say “not verified” when we have not checked, because a wrong answer here costs you a hotend.
Anycubic Kobra 3 Enclosure: Sizing a Tent Around a Bed-Slinger and Its ACE Pro
Short answer The Kobra 3 needs a fabric tent deep enough for its 250 mm bed at full travel, and a plan…
Prusa MK4S Enclosure: Prusa’s Original Enclosure vs a Tent vs a Lack Build
Short answer For an MK4S, Prusa’s Original Enclosure is the purpose-built option: it fits exactly, keeps the electronics and PSU outside, and…
Anycubic Kobra S1 Upgrades: Spare Hotend Kit, Hardened Nozzles, and a Dryer for the ACE Pro
Short answer The Kobra S1 is enclosed, fast and comes with the ACE Pro multi-material unit, so the upgrades left are spares…
Sovol SV08 Enclosure: Panel Kits That Turn the Open Frame Into a Voron-Style Box
Short answer The SV08 was built to be enclosed: its aluminium extrusion frame takes panel kits the way a Voron does, and…
Elegoo Centauri Carbon Build Plate: The 260 by 271 mm Sheet, and Which Replacements Fit
Short answer The Centauri Carbon takes a plate about 260 by 271 mm for its 256 by 256 mm bed; it is…
Creality K2 Plus Upgrades: Hotend Kits, Socks, and What a Heated-Chamber Printer Still Needs
Short answer The K2 Plus ships with almost everything a printer can be upgraded with: heated chamber, multi-material, input shaping, a camera.…
Flashforge Adventurer 5M Upgrades: Quick-Swap Nozzles in Four Sizes, an Enclosure Kit, and What to Skip
Short answer The Adventurer 5M’s best upgrade is built in: the nozzle assembly swaps in seconds, so buy the 0.25 mm for…
Elegoo Centauri Carbon Upgrades: The 0.2 and 0.4 mm Hotend Kits, a Ceramic Option, and What to Leave Alone
Short answer The Centauri Carbon needs little. The upgrades that earn their place are Elegoo’s official hotend kits, a 0.2 mm for…
Does PETG Need an Enclosure? No, But Here Is When One Helps
Short answer No. PETG prints reliably on an open printer: it shrinks far less than ABS, does not crack in room air,…