Creality Sprite Extruder Pro – 300°C All-Metal Direct Drive

With the release of Creality’s Ender 3 S1 range came a greater standard for beginner-friendly 3D Printers with usually premium features like auto-bed levelling and direct drive now made more affordable. Creality’s new Sprite Extruder certainly turned our heads with its gorgeous metal body design and easy direct drive functionality. We’re instantly excited to stock this high temperature Creality Sprite Extruder Pro that includes an all-metal hotend. You can pick up the Sprite Extruder Pro to upgrade the lower temperature version extruder that’s standard on the Ender 3 S1 or as a handy replacement part if your previous Sprite Extruder befell an unfortunate accident.

This Creality Sprite Extruder Pro is the upgraded version of Creality’s original Sprite Extruder and includes an all-metal hotend for reaching 300°C printing temperatures. While this awesome high temperature extruder is standard on the Ender 3 S1 Pro, the Ender 3 S1 and S1 Plus both sadly reach only 260°C. But this fantastic Creality Sprite Extruder Pro is the perfect drop-in upgrade that allows you to start experimenting with more advanced filaments like TPU, PA and Wood filaments. Direct drive also allows you to easily load filament and the metal interior smoothly feeds it through. Creality boasts a highly reduced chance of clogging with their All-Metal Sprite Direct Drive Extruder Pro, making it an epic upgraded print head.

In closer inspection of the Creality Sprite Extruder Pro, a few notable features make this direct drive extruder an advanced extruder design. Dual drive gears grip the filament firmly for a more reliable experience, especially if printing flexible filaments. A high torque of 80N max provides more extrusion force than you’ll ever truly need. An aluminium heat sink is directly exposed to the fan for rapid cooling despite fewer fins, giving no cooling issues. Finally, the extruder comes with pre-installed dual fans for cooling your hotend and part cooling your prints. So this Creality Sprite Direct Drive Extruder Pro is really a must-have high temperature upgrade for your Ender 3 S1 or even CR-10 Smart Pro which is also compatible. Take advantage of this highly specialised and easily installed system.

Please Note: This Creality Sprite Extruder Pro does not include a flat cable or mounting bracket, but only the extruder assembly itself. You will need to use the mount and cable on your compatible 3D Printer. But if you are looking to upgrade any Ender 3 series printer, we also stock the Creality Sprite Extruder Pro Kit with these necessary parts.

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For a practical installation video, MJ at 3D Elementary posted this handy YouTube video where he shows you the steps as he replaces the regular Sprite Extruder on his Ender 3 S1 with this fantastic All-Metal Sprite Extruder Pro:

Although Creality 3D have been working within the industry since 2014, their addition of the Creality CR-10 series is what really catapulted them to the front line of competition, as it offered substantially better quality compared to other 3D printers – while simultaneously reducing the cost and complexities of the machines.

The quality of Creality’s 3D Printers and accessories shows through in their market history, with the brand selling around 3000 printers in their first year on the market, followed by about 10,000 sales over the next year. Now, Creality easily sells around 30,000 or more 3D printers each year, with sales continuously rising as they bring out more models. These are impressive numbers when considering the fact that they entered the industry as unknown competitors, quickly rising through the ranks and now even competing with Wanhao and similar top brands.

If you are looking for excellent 3D Printers that offer affordability without compromising on quality, Creality 3D is certainly a brand that you should take note of. From the basic Creality Ender 2 all the way up to the large build volume Creality CR-10 S5, there are few other brands who are capable of offering such a refined package while still maintaining some of the most enticing prices in the industry.