PLUS4

Qidi plus 4 and Q2- both were plug and print- the vast majority of printers now are. If you haven't seen the bambu drama lately (again) it's all the reason in the world to NEVER buy a bambu.

I would strongly recommend an enclosed core x/y printer versus a bed slinger. Check these out; Bambu P1S Combo Bambu P2S Combo Bambu X2D Combo Qidi Q2 Combo Qidi Plus4 Combo Elegoo CC Elegoo CC2 FlashForge AD5X Anycubic Kobra S1 Combo Anycubic Korba S1 Max Sovol SV08 (Add open source multi color of

The U1 is my third printer. I can't speak to the Creality at all. I started with a Mingda Magician Max, which was a lot of trouble for me. Moved to the Qidi Plus 4. It's an excellent printer. Print quality is great and it's been largely effortless. That is, until I got the Qidi Box. Took 6 weeks of

How much of your concern is the principle of supporting Bambu considering their business practices vs the practical implications of their restrictions? As Jeffpi suggests, there are ways to work around using their interface, BUT that might mean you won’t be able to update to later firmwares down the

I recently acquired a used plus 4 that had the Qidi box with it. The guy couldn’t get it to work. He said the Qidi box needed tinkering etc. I got the Qidi plus 4 with 3 new plates, and a few spare parts along with Qidi box and 8-9kg Qidi branded abs for $200. I wanted to tinker and learn more about

I have a Qidi Plus 4 and I’m very impressed with the print quality. The part tolerances and overall finish are better than my P1S both before and after calibrations. There are a couple of “standard” mods that most users do for improved consistency and longevity. Unless they’ve changed something, the

I like my Qidi plus 4, I have three of them, but I’ve had to make a few upgrades. (Swap stock hotend, upgrade mainboard fan due to MCU timeout, SSH into the printer to modify a few things, heat sink shield to combat heat creep). These aren’t difficult things to do, and I like that it runs on Klipper

Ok so I posted last week about this. The solution was the 80mm fan upgrade on the back (I also did the ultra light weight back on the extruder since it lowers the temp 20C). Basically the Qidi Plus 4 has this problem that it's not that well designed from the factory. It over heats. The heat from the

https://www.printables.com/model/1396483-qidi-plus-4-spool-holder-and-qidi-box-bracket Today i found this. Which is what we're looking for

For "functional" parts you want an FDM (fused deposition modeling) printer. Resin prints are generally weaker and print volumes are usually much smaller. I'd suggest at least a 250x250x250mm build volume, but I suspect some parts will want something even larger. You'll need something that can handle