Why is the E3D hotend so popular?

Everyone seems to love it and I have done some printing on an E3D before. However, I would like to know why is it superior to any other hotend on the market.

i wouldn't say it's superior, it's a good hot end though.

It's well made - not cheap (both in quality and cost of materials) and amateurish
Works well - No fundamental design flaws that cause people to swear at it (or at least no more than any other design)
Works at basically any temperature - PLA, ABS, Polycarbonate, nylon, whatever you want, it's no the hot end that's going to be your limit
First commercially available all metal hot end - Not positive on this one, but I think it was. If it wasn't the first, it was one of the first
Cost - It's cheaper than other popular commercial all metal hot ends - the Prusa Nozzle and Pico - at least with the advertised pricing
Compatibility - works as a drop in replacement for many setups

JHead style hot ends are more popular, and they are cheaper. They also don't have as high of temperature range and can have a melt down. But at lower temps they don't require active cooling where the all metal hot ends usually do. There are many knockoff JHeads that are of....inferior quality or other design flaws that don't make them as good as the origianal JHead designs. They may work...they may not.

Although I have my own design of metal hot-end, I took my inspiration from the E3D because of the robustness. Mine differs however in that I use fewer cooling fins (I like to keep the filament a little bit warm rather than cold) and the mounting to the extruder is significantly different. I haven't tried an E3D but I have no doubt its good and personally, I would never use a ptfe/peek type again.

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Waitaki 3D Printer

As said above; It works great. Price might seem high, but, after using e3d's on my printers, i've actually saved money. They simply don't wear out.
And, perhaps even more important; If something goes wrong, the service you get from the company is second to none. I had a nozzle that broke, mailed them about it, and somehow the image of the nozzle didn't make it to the e-mail. As soon as i realized that, i contacted the company again(with the image attached). Unfortunally, it was to late. The replacement part was allready sent

Outstanding service, with a good product of course, makes a succesful business. Thats some of the reasons the e3d is so popular imho.

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It's well made - not cheap (both in quality and cost of materials) and amateurish
Works well - No fundamental design flaws that cause people to swear at it (or at least no more than any other design)
Works at basically any temperature - PLA, ABS, Polycarbonate, nylon, whatever you want, it's no the hot end that's going to be your limit
First commercially available all metal hot end - Not positive on this one, but I think it was. If it wasn't the first, it was one of the first
Cost - It's cheaper than other popular commercial all metal hot ends - the Prusa Nozzle and Pico - at least with the advertised pricing
Compatibility - works as a drop in replacement for many setups

JHead style hot ends are more popular, and they are cheaper. They also don't have as high of temperature range and can have a melt down. But at lower temps they don't require active cooling where the all metal hot ends usually do. There are many knockoff JHeads that are of....inferior quality or other design flaws that don't make them as good as the origianal JHead designs. They may work...they may not.

Not sure about the PLA though.. Heard it doesn't always work well with PLA.

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http://www.marinusdebeer.nl/

When you get people who know what they are talking about and know how to deliver a better quality product, you know they will be succesful... also they didnt ask for Tons of money with having invested in thier own project...