Once you get a hotend that let’s you do this you’ll never want to go back.

This is a Phaetus Dragon HF hotend.

  • Lol you used both hands though!

    Also, you are going to ruin your heat break like that. I know you claim in another comment that the heat break is designed for this, but I can see it turn. It is absolutely putting stresses on the assembly that will cause it to fail over time. It may work short term, but I have serious doubts.

    No matter what the manufacturer says, I’d use a wrench or some pliers to prevent it from turning when you unscrew the nozzle.

  • Did you do that cold or were you just risking burns when putting the silicon sleeve back on? I’m confused as to what exactly is going on here. The only real difference I see is that you’re not having to hold the whole hotend from rotating while swapping out, which honestly would be really nice.