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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

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

If you’re looking for a bang-for-the-buck option it’s really hard to beat the Qidi Q2. It will print almost any filament you throw at it so you can grow and explore different filaments without having to upgrade later. I personally have a Qidi Max 4 that I’m having great success with, but it’s almost

Honestly, if you want: large build volume relatively low maintenance easy printing and an open ecosystem then every option will involve some compromise. K1 Max: very fast and relatively mature now, but still a Creality machine — sometimes great, sometimes frustrating. Good if you like tinkering a li

As you said - you have a print farm. Qidi Max 4 is the only thing more from that lineup that has better engineering capabilities than CC with chamber heater. Qidi Plus 4 is totally different printer and it's on par with CC with printing PPS. So looking from the hobby perspective - you have cheap, st

I have a Qidi Plus 4 and it's been great and relatively trouble free. I just wish they had something to compete with the new multi nozzle Bambu printers.

This is a more optimized alternative that may be considered more difficult to install https://www.printables.com/model/1251377-qidi-plus4-riser-print-friendly-with-recirculating https://www.printables.com/model/1148756-qidi-plus-4-hepa-filter-flush-fit-with-refillable

Yep I understand this but it has it's uses. PPS is great at 370 degrees, something a cheaper qidi q2 can do but not a H2 printer???? https://www.fabbaloo.com/news/reports-emerge-of-fires-caused-by-qidi-plus-4-3d-printer And maybe there is a reason bambu limits the max temp on a consumer grade machin