X-plus

I waffled for months on which 3D printer to purchase - and finally settled on the Qidi X-Plus. For the most part, I would say that I'm satisfied with a few big caveats.Update 2: Okay - I have to be fair here. While I still loathe the giant window-covering sticker on the sides as well as the woefully inept spool holder - the rest of my issues are either more my fault or have been addressed by Qidi support. I have always rated things with a heavy weight toward post-sale support: things go wrong - that is the nature of purchases especially technology purchases. In total, for the price, this printer really is a good 3D printer (keeping in mind that I have never owned one and it simply *worked* straight out of the box). The few questions / problems I had were quickly addressed by Qidi (once I got their email address right) with suggestion and even follow-up contact to ensure my issues had been resolved. Bottom line: Buy this printer for two reasons: One - you'll be up and printing with zero experience within minutes - not hours or days. And two - their customer service, as others have noted, is well above par.PROS:1 - Straight out of the box, it just works. I'd never owned or used a 3D printer but am very versed in 3D design and modelling software. So I'd designed a small basic part I needed. My first try, my first print with the included PLA was flawless and fit better than I could've imagined.2 - The general quality of the machine seems good.3 - The noise level is tolerable. Having never used any other brand or model, I can't say for sure where this one ranks - but it isn't horrid. You wouldn't likely want it in the same room if (eg) on a conference call, though.CONS:1. The QidiPrint application is - IMO - a joke. It is a port of Cura 4.1 (a full major version old) and does some relatively quirky things. I cannot for the life of me get it to generate supports (at all). Cura 5.1 is *infinitely* nicer to use. If you contact Qidi, they'll provide the needed profile information to get Qidi machine profiles in Cura - but alas exports from Cura and use in my X-Plus yields inconsistent quality and is *never* displayed on the preview screen of the machine. If you want a preview - you're stuck with Qidi Print. If you need supports - you're stuck with Cura. If you need both - you're... well... out of luck, I guess.2. The documentation implies that the machine is WiFi capable. Mine, at least, is not. I can get it to connect to my wifi and even show up in Qidi Print. Any attempt to send via wifi, though, results in a timeout or incomplete transmission error. For the sake of conversation - I'm an IT specialist by day and I have nearly 40 WiFi devices that connect and perform flawlessly... If I can't make this thing connect reliably over WiFi - it cannot be done.3. Certain filaments may not play well with the included magnetic build plate. I found that out only after slightly damaging both build plates that shipped with the printer. When I asked support about this, I was given a terse "well what brand did you buy? We recommend XYZ." Listen - I paid 700 beans for this printer - at no point did it say "oh by the way you should only use blahblah filament."4. The included print spool holder is a pitiful failure. You *will* be printing one off of Thingiverse that allows more free rotation of various spools (one, probably, with a tapered conical design and bearings). Having to remove and reinstall the side plates on the spool holder with every spool change is silly - and the rack itself is of such small diameter that spools will surge on it due to their larger diameter opening.5. The sides... Oh the sides. What designer thought covering clear plexiglass with stickers that cover the ENTIRE (otherwise) clear windows would be a good idea? Those "Notice" stickers could've been put *anywhere*. Why not leave the window - I dunno... A window? That's just silly.6. The display: Other than the aforementioned inability to display Cura exported Gcode files, the display will frequently wonk out with artifacting lines. That doesn't give me a warm fuzzy feeling.In total - I want to love this machine. But as it is currently- I don't. I don't think the above mentioned issues are show stoppers - I would bet 1, 2, and 6 could be dealt with via firmware and or software updates. The inadequate spool holder seems to be consistent with all makes - so I won't fault Qidi for that one. The build plate issue I had is likely more the fault of the filament brand (Flashforge, in this case) than that of Qidi.In short - if this had clear windows and better firmware and software - I'd give at least 4 stars and likely 5. As is, though - I'm not jonesing to return it - but I cannot say that I'm over the moon happy with it either.Update: After getting in touch with Qidi customer service (via email), they provided a method to get Cura-generated slices to generate a preview using a Cura plugin so that addressed part of the above. They also indicated that there was a known bug with the Qidi Print application regarding WiFi and pointed at an update that addressed the issue (supposedly). For me, the issue was only occasionally fixed - the WiFi connectivity of the printer just seems bad. Qidi also provided more up-to-date 3d Printer Profiles for Cura that addressed some issues found in various websites for the same. All in all, I'll raise my review to 4 stars. Again - this printer *could* be a homerun if they spent about 5-10 extra beans on giving it a tapered spool (universal diameter) holder; a better display; and windows without giant obnoxious stickers. Oh - and an OS that could give real-time feedback on print progress would be fantastic.

This is the BEST printer for the PRICE period. I have been using it for a month now and have CR-10 V2 that I can compare it to print quality, assemblies and over all experience.Let’s start with CR-10 V2 First. The printer came almost fully assembled took me about 30-45 min to set it up and start running my first prints. Since this is my first printer CR-10 V2 it is, I took me about 2 weeks to figure out how to print. First I had layer adhesion problems then bed level. I had to learn all that before my prints start to turn up somewhat okey. They model that they provided on the memory card printed perfect but my prints were failure after failure. About 2 weeks into it I finally figured it out and started to print! My abs prints and PETG were warping and made those prints as a complete failure or somewhat deformed. So I built the in-closure Box for it which turned out to b huge because of the build volume that CR-10 V2 provides the hight of 400mm. So the prints start to turn up somewhat good. The problem with that though it shuts off at 258c if u trying to print high temp filaments. So I ran into temp limit. I know that I could of changed hot end and get it to higher temp but I got no experience to do that and because it is my first printer I was afraid of breaking it. So I start to upgrade it a little by little, first I got BL touch sensor for bed leveling that comes with instructions and video how to set it up. After I tried to set it up for 3 6-8hrs days I failed and still can’t get it to work I contacted creality, first they respond like 5 days later second they want me to video the whole procedure of the fail and saying that it might b a wire problems and to video wire diagram on the main board and the sensor along with the flashed firmware. But because it’s a failure and now it’s in the in closure it’s not an easy job to do just to make a video for them for the failure that they have. So then they came up with a titanium direct drive bolt on upgrade for the CR-10 V2 that I got from their own creality website. After installing it the drive were instead of feeding the filament into hot end it actually spit it out. So again there is wire issue that I had to figure out with a risk of burning the printer down. At the end I figured it out and switched wires pins and it started to work. So with the do it urself box material that coast me 130$ plus bl touch sensor 59.00$ plus direct drive 65.00 plus printer 540$ Lots of time patients and frustration u got a printer that BL touch auto bed leveling that still don’t work with a direct drive and a crappy box in-closure 800$ printer.Finally here come QIDI Plus-X. Comes completely assembled. U start print in 15 min. After my first print I had failed and my print got stuck to the built plate so hard that I ripped off the chunk of the plate trying to remove the print. It happened because CR10V2 and QIDI level their beds in completely different way. While CR10 V2 needs the paper to have lots of friction on it between hot end and plate QIDI printer needs just a slight friction. So I contacted the QIDI and they sent me 2 New print beds within next 2 days but while I waited for it to arrive I was printing on the same bed just flipped it on the other side because they have 2 sided magnetic flexible bed which is AWSOME! Anyways about of month printing I had like 3 failed prints and it’s totally my fault because I were using same setting that I used for CR10 but after I updated their cura based slicer to the newest version I start to use just that. And I made a comparison between 2 printer that r having same settings same infill/hight etc one is sliced on cura 4.5 and the other is on QIDI slicer and QIDI prints comes out 30% quicker and better quality ! I really got a lot more to say but I am afraid that no one will read it.In conclusion. U will not find a better printer then QIDI tech for the price and what it’s offers with 2 different hot ends/inclosure/ bed level assistant and WiFi file transfer from ur computer and u can Adjust temp/speed/stop or pause wirelessly from ur computer. However it does not have runout filament sensor. But it got it have an option of fitting ur filament spool from inside the printer. I use it for printing abs. What it does is the inside gets temp up to 45c and the moisture drops to 10% it’s the same moisture %that my dry box produces and u don’t even need a dry box if u got QIDI tech. And it works like a charm. I have read some previous review about that inside spool holding location and ppl saying that it looks like it’s in the way or will not work, that makes me think they have never tried using that option. But for me this is the only option that I use. Unless I print with PLA that doesn’t matter about the moisture, which I usually print on CR10 V2 instead. This QIDI tech Plus-X I use for higher temp/abs/pc filaments prints and they r comes out fantastic. If u r looking for a printer that u want to print and print well without timkering it to make a good print this is a printer for u. Just make sure u upgrade to the NEWEST slicer directly from QIDITECH3DPrinter.com website and u r set!U will not get disappointed with this printer at all. There is nothing better for this price on the market as of 3/4/2020. I did a month long search and research. And to find printer under 1000$ that print temps up to 300c fully good looking professionally in-closed/wifi with touch screen that projects the part that u r printing on the display that is on the printer with the best costumer service that gets 5 out of 5 starts doesn’t exist. Even on E3D website review it rated number#1 printer and only then on second place goes Prusa MK3s and I will have to agree with them.I still print on in every single day with “0” issues. This is a highly trained work horse.If u got any questions I’ll b gladly answer them for u. Unless it’s something weird or I don’t know the answer to it. Ha ha ha jk. Have a great day folks.P.s. this “ Rick the pickle “ print is done on QIDI tech PLUS-X with ABS+ 200mm high On 0.2mm layer high and the quality as u can c if just great even 1mm teeth r printed perfect. There was no sanding done to it just primer so I can paint it and on the lift leg there is one tiny part is broken off because I was taking off supports too quick. But the arm is about 2mm wide support as u can c and it printed that just great.Hopefully that helps u make a choice and no I am not sponsored by QIDI tech. I wish I were but I am not just a regular costumer just like u...P.s. made this print for the outside light, because when I was installing it originally I dropped the glass that came with it. So I printed one on QIDI tech X-plus with rick on it if u take a closer look u will c it. This if from show “rick and morty” printed with transparent PETG.

Un excelente producto, y el servicio a clientes posventa es muy rápido y efectivo