Capricorn Bowden PTFE Tubing XS Series 1 Meter for 1.75mm Filament (Genuine Capricorn Premium Tubing)

I purchased this 1.75mm PTFE Capricorn tubing to replace the stock PTFE tubing on several MDG CR10v3s with Bondtech LGX extruders with Slicer Mosquito hotends.This arrived a little slowly but was packaged well and safely.I was immediately pleased that this order of Capricorn tubing came with several quality brass fittings (this doesn't always happen apparently) in the package. Capricorn PTFE tubing is superior in quality, inner diameter consistency, and for maintaining rigidity on bends /curves. This allows a smoother filament path for the filament to travel in. This results in cleaner prints and lower resistance on the extruder.I would definitely recommend this to others.

I have purchased three capricorn xs tubes already, the initial experience was unsatisfying and full of self errors, the bowden tube I cut was not cut straight and my filament also needed to be cut, once that was resolved I printed petg on two different types of machines, one with a through hole 1.75mm heatbreak so the tube was directly on the nozzle and one with a capricorn ptfe liner 1.75mm as well. The retraction and temperature consistency was different and certain artifacts dissappeared from my prints such as ghosting and some retraction lines and blobs, I strictly print petg filament right now and am satisfied with the finish, please take note of a couple of extra steps that need to be taken to avoid jams and pressure on the push fittings; 1) always make sure your cut is straight and clean, 2) double check filament tip if inserting different roll of filament as it can cause back pressure that may ruin certain push fittings and cause them to stop working. There are some precautions with filament changing though but they are no big deal, no cold pulls or the filament may get stuck in the ptfe tube so pull it while its hot and clean up the tip. I will definetely buy again.

I started trying to print PETG with my printer. Apparently the nozzle cools a bit more on the outside than they temperature sensor would lead you to believe, so when printing with PETG, I have to turn the temps up a bit further past what is recommended for standard PTFE tubing. About the 235c mark. I haven't had major issues, but I did get a clog, and when taken apart, not so surprisingly, the PTFE tubing I originally had in it was melting and slowly starting to get sucked into the nozzle, which caused the jam. Bought this stuff knowing the name from general interest in 3d printing, knowing it "should" be better for filament flex in bowden systems.It works great. I've pumped the heat up to 250c without any issues. The XS series theoretically supports up to 340c temps. This means you can print with stuff like NylonX (haven't tried it yet) and still have a ton of headroom before the tube would melt. Simple upgrade that isn't really all that expensive, but can potentially allow you to use many more kinds of filaments.

I took a gamble and bought this despite a lot of reviews citing knockoff products. Near as I can tell, mine is the real deal. It installed easily even using my stock tube fittings (forgot to order replacement/upgrade fittings). The 1m length was enough to do two Ender 3 bowden tube upgrades, so I'm keeping the half I didn't use as a backup. Definitely slicker than the stock tube. I had already calibrated my steps/mm on the extruder motor with the stock tube installed, but print quality seems to have increased noticeably with more consistent extrusion using this tube. I am also able to use a lower retraction setting and get less oozing.Easily worth the $10.

You know, I read a lot of conflicting info on this stuff. I heard some people say that after switching to the PTFE capricorn tubing that they had their pla shred and go crazy on them, or that there was too much resistance and it caused them problems.I also read stellar reviews of people who loved it and had no issues.My tubing in my printer was pretty old and starting to get shaped funny and clog up on me, so I switched to this stuff. I gotta say that I am loving it. I've had no issues with my filament flaking or "shredding", and no issues going with PETG on prints. It's held up exceptionally well and I have enough of the stuff to last me forever on my prints. Solid stuff.

This stuff worked REALLY well with my Polysmooth filament from Polymaker. My cheap 3D Hero filament... not so much. Which is a shame because before I had to change my tube, that filament was working really well for me and it was really well priced and now I have all this extra I can’t use. But I’ve tried 2 different tubes for that filament and apparently nothing but the stock Bowden tube will do. Guess it’s time to upgrade all my filament lol

Pros: Filament slides through like greased lightning. Cons: Tubing slips out of ordinary fittings easily.A great product but it is slippery, which seems to main the reason it works better than your standard translucent PTFE tubes. I learned the hard way that ordinary fittings won’t be able to hold it and got bad under extrusion and failed prints before I realized the tube was slipping. The included 1m length was fine but for my printer, but not enough for two printers. If you want a backup or extra section, a 2m length could provide enough for 3 normal printers. I was also sure to select a seller who was an authorized dealer.

This has a higher temperature resistance than the stock tube on the Ender 3 Pro, which means that I have been able to really turn up the heat, and not melt my PTFE tube inside the head break (which is what caused the need for a replacement).The section of tube I received, had a very small variance along the length of the tube, which means it should bind less, and thus cause less clogs/underextrusion.I received more tube than I would need, which means I'll be able to swap out tubes a few times if/when I need to. So far, I've put about 400 hours of printing through my initial tube, and it's still going strong.