The best budget enclosed printer? Qidi Q1 Pro 200 Hour review
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- Опубліковано 27 тра 2024
- Welcome to our review of the Qidi Q1 Pro 3D printer! Overall, my experience with this printer has been fantastic. While there are a few minor oversights I've noticed, it remains remarkably user-friendly and consistently produces high-quality prints across a range of filaments. Priced at under $500, the Qidi Q1 Pro offers exceptional value, making it accessible even for those on tighter budgets."
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Early bird sale is $470 which feels like an amazing price for this printer, i'm not sure how long this sale will go on for, it will be $599.
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Top of my list for printers I want right now. Just seems like the most capable printer for the money. My main desire would be that it was slightly larger.
Totally agree! It’s a great printer and for under $500? It’s hard to beat. Also I agree with it was 280-300 for print area. 246 isn’t bad, bigger than the k1C
Thanks for the follow-up! Very much appreciated!
Thanks for watching!
Well done review.
Thank you! 🙏🏼
K1C for 400 or qidi for 460 ?
We're all beta testers for released products now... luckily, the support community and Qidi CS reviews seem to be very well received and have been more than open in replacing under warranty or upgrading parts if something was defective... while I hate beta testing commercially released products... Qidi seems like a worthwhile company to take a leap on. I ordered this for the end of may US pre-sale... so I can only hope the additional 1.5months is for update/refit of parts found to be lacking sent out to reviewers like yourself and then push the V1.1 model perse.
I’d love for them to make the minor updates and send out the same but different machine with the updates. I think it’s a great printer just needs a few tweaks
I think it's also okay to recognize that making a perfect product is difficult and that real people have to do this work with budgets and deadlines. I'd hardly call this an unfinished product, even if it's imperfect. There are definitely examples of printers that were half baked and shouldn't have been released, but I think this is just one approach to creating a machine at a price point with a lot of great features and not every little thing how everyone would prefer it.
Qidi, with the X-3 series, have a long history of updating the models over the production runs. They don't re-release them as sub-models. Bambu and Creality do the same. The models of the X1C and the K1 all received continual hardware improvements over time. The Qidi X-Plus 3, for example, is on about revision 5 now from what was originally reviewed back in March 2023, and has received about 3 updates since most of the re-release reviews in June 2023. The differences aren't huge, but they do address most of the quibbles that reviewers and early users experienced.
Nice review. What print speed did you use for the TPU.
Thank you! I use orca slicer and the generic profiles. I go by the max volumetric flow rate which automatically sets speed. I believe it should be set to 3 or 4.
Hopefully Bambu responds with a heated chamber in the same price range
Ive been dying for Bambu to release a new enclosed printer lol
A test of this printer would be exciting:
InfiMech TX High Speed Printing 3D Printer
price $299.00 USD
best regards
I haven’t heard of that one! I’ll check it out
Could you share your TPU brand and settings. I tied stock orca and it was a no go for me with Q1
I use mostly Sunlu. And if it prints rough lower the max volumetric flow rate down like 1-2 numbers. Should be at like 4-5 lower it to 3 and see how that prints. It’s in the filament settings at the bottom
Could also be temp but I would lower that first and see how it does
@@TwoMooseDesignYep 4-5mm³/s is about the max I can ever get out of TPU. Top way to make TPU print better is slow down.
For a total beginners at about the same price do you recommend Creality K1C or Qidi Q1 pro? I need best print quality between the two printers
Both print great. The only differences are size and the qidi has a heated chamber. The k1c is smaller and has a more streamlined compact size to it. The qidi is bulky but will print better with filaments such as abs or Asa. Most likely you will mostly use PLA filament which it will not need a heated chamber.
I've had a few issues with mine. First the printer would not boot , till support told me to unplug the WIFI dongle , boot the printer then update and reinstall the dongle. Second while using the chamber heater for abs , it would lock up at random time and the printer would just not do anything. Had to power cycle. Support told me not to use the heater until the replacement parts an adapter plate and cable arrived. Also when I start a new print after a long one , it starts normally and goes to heat the nozzle to purge and as soon as the purge starts the heater turns off and the extruder starts skipping. Other then that its great.
Did the new parts resolve the issues or did you not get them yet? Mine hasn’t done that
Got my money back from the faulty A1 and although their 80$ compensation on next buy is tempting I'm really wondering if this printer is not a better replacement
It’s enclosed 🤷🏼♂️ Bambu makes great printers and they print awesome. I don’t think you’d be disappointed in either. Minis the handful of cosmetics flaws this printer has printed great for me
Simple decision: Which is more important to you: Multi-color/material or higher temp materials? The latter for me as I am looking at FUNCTIONAL prints rather than decorative. Nothing at all wrong with the latter, just not where my need is at.
Overall I think this is a great printer, there are a hand full of things that could have been done differently but they are mostly cosmetic. The Q1 Pro prints great with all the different filaments I through at it. If this printer is something you are interested it you can use our affiliate link to support the channel. We do not know how long the $470 price will last but I think its an awesome deal for that low price! Qidi Q1 Pro: shrsl.com/4hmkv
I ordered this printer right when it came out. The web page said it'll arrive in 4-6 days. I waited for almost a month. Then I wrote them asking if they're going to send it at all and if not, then return the money. They immediately canceled the order. So I guess they were just planning on not sending it at all and keeping the money if I hadn't asked for it. I got an extremely husled feeling.
You sure it wasn’t weeks and not days? The website says 6 weeks for me, but I would continue to reach out to them, I have no idea.
@@TwoMooseDesign Yes, I'm sure:) It said it ships from EU and it doesn't take 6 weeks to ship from EU, ever.
Ahhh gotcha yeah I’d definitely keep bugging them then.
@@TwoMooseDesign I'm really not going to buy anything "Cheady" again.
More like an ez-bake oven.
It does have a heater so I could probably also warm up my lunch! Win win for me 😆
The lid you guys complain about you could 3d print a small riser for the lid. Not that big of a deal. Same goes with the plate alignment. For a channel with design in the name it's wierd you point out flaws they should've fixed but don't create your own solution to the problem.
Sure I absolutely can and will. But for a brand new printer you shouldn’t have to make modifications as I’m sure many will agree. It’s a $500 printer that will most likely be $600 soon. Why should I have to “make it work” when I don’t have to with other printers. I mentioned they were minor issues and mostly cosmetic. What’s the point of a review if I only point out positive things? Then people will complain about that, maybe you should make your own review videos if you have such strong opinions. I’m just trying to do the best I can and make fair review videos. Imagine buying a new car and the door doesn’t work right and the dealership says “well you can just fix it right?” It’s a silly comment.
@@TwoMooseDesignthere’s always that one a-hole.
lol yeah I don’t get it, these companies need feedback to not put out sub par machines. A $500-600 machine should be pretty solid and not have a bunch of flaws whether they are minor or not. Typically they make the first printer take the feedback and then release and updated version a few months later 🤷🏼♂️ I also never said it was a bad printer, just has a few minor nit picks lol
@@TwoMooseDesign you don't have to "make it work" the thing literally works right out the box. The things your complaining about are super minor and you could make changes yourself. Again for a channel with "design" in your name you sure came up with a whole lot of solutions to minor problems... your comparison to a car and a 3d printer are hilarious too! I own a fully loaded vehicle and a more base model vehicle. Maybe I should complain about all the sick features my base model lacks in comparison to my fully loaded vehicle. Comparing a 3d printer to a car is apple's to oranges lol
@robertharlow1566 it's a review, that's exactly what a review is for. Your criticisms are completely unfounded.
Bambu clone = poo poo
"Core-XY + input shaping = Bambu clone"
A thought only a genius could have
Qidi has had enclosed Core XY printers since before Bambu Lab existed. The Qidi X-CF Pro came out in 2020 and looks just like their modern printers. The Bambu X1C didn't release until 2022. Guess Bambu is a clone of Qidi. 😂 Of course the actual truth is they're all copying developments from the open source movement. Not to mention Qidi has a chamber heater and Bambu doesn't.
Don’t get me wrong I love my Bambu printer but it’s like people think Bambu invented 3d printing 😆
@@TwoMooseDesign Just like how people think Apple invented the first capacitive touch screen-only smart phone, when LG actually launched their Prada phone before Apple announced the iPhone. After the iPhone launched, Apple supporters claimed every modern smartphone was merely a clone of, or copying the Apple iPhone, when it wasn't even the first.