PLUS4

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 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

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

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

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

I did not, I have the qidibox and it reloaded for me. I actually havent tested a non qidibox filament runout yet but I know my qidi plus 4 has always handled it flawlessly

Qidi plus 4 , Qidi Box. Purchased April 22, 2026 Same thing happened to me this morning. Email sent to support w/cc to me, no copy back to me and doesn’t show as sent in my sent folder. After clearing a filament jam, reinstalling extruder and clearing filament in nozzle and reassembling it. I get th

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.