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Extruder & hotend

Default nozzle: typical values for 3d printers

Half of 3d printers in the catalog have default nozzle below 0.4 mm, and 80% fall between 0.4 mm and 0.4 mm (182 models with data).

Median0.4 mm
Median 20260.4 mm
Typical range0.4 mm – 0.4 mm
Models182
Distribution

How default nozzle is distributed

043871301730.20.40.50.60.70.2: 30.4: 1730.5: 10.6: 30.7: 2Median 0.4 mm
Percentile10 %25 %50 %75 %90 %
Default nozzle0.4 mm0.4 mm0.4 mm0.4 mm0.4 mm

A model at the 75th percentile beats three quarters of the catalog on this spec.

Trends

Median default nozzle by year

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Recent leaders

Highest default nozzle

1 WASP 4070 FX
WASP · 2022
4070 FX
200 mm/s280 °C
0.7 mm
6.2
2 WASP 4070 ZX
WASP · 2022
4070 ZX
200 mm/s350 °C
0.7 mm
8.5
3 Elegoo OrangeStorm Giga
Elegoo · 2024
OrangeStorm Giga
512 L300 mm/s300 °C
0.6 mm
6.6
4 Mingda MD-600D
Mingda · 2024
MD-600D
216 L300 mm/s350 °C
0.6 mm
9.0
5 CreatBot D600 Pro 2
CreatBot · 2024
D600 Pro 2
216 L80 mm/s420 °C
0.6 mm
8.4
6 QIDI Max4
QIDI · 2026
Max4
51.7 L800 mm/s370 °CEnclosed build chamber
0.4 mm
9.6
7 QIDI Plus4
QIDI · 2024
Plus4
26 L600 mm/s
0.4 mm
8.7
8 Anycubic Kobra 2 Neo
Anycubic · 2023
Kobra 2 Neo
12.1 L250 mm/s260 °C
0.4 mm
5.4
9 Creality K1C
Creality · 2023
K1C
12.1 L600 mm/s300 °CEnclosed build chamber
0.4 mm
5.6
10 CraftBot Flow XL
CraftBot · 2022
Flow XL
30 L200 mm/s300 °CEnclosed build chamber
0.4 mm
6.8
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