Should you convert your Ender 3 to directdrive or stick with a Bowden system?
Which extruder system is best and does it really matter?
What advantages and disadvantages do the two systems offer?
In today's episode, I compare them side by side: No personal opinion but only objective and quantitative tests.
I look at printhead weight, print speed and ringing (with and without Klipper input shaping), printer resonance, max acceleration, extrusion efficiency, retraction quality, filament compatibility etc.

⏰ Chapters ⏰
0:00 DirectDrive and Bowden systems compared
0:11 Components of both systems
0:19 Bowden tube length
0:34 Weight
1:00 Vibrations & Ringing
1:25 Resonance frequencies and input shaper calibration
1:56 Ringing with input shaping enabled
2:24 Extrusion efficiency
3:08 Retractions quality
4:36 Filament compatibility

➡ Music: "Great Things to Happen" / Nick Petrov / ShutterStock