Sub $500 High Temp Fully Enclosed CoreXY 3d Printer (Qidi Tech Q1 Pro)

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In this video we dive into the Qidi Tech Q1 Pro 3d printer. This is the newest in Qidi's line up and comes with some improvements over the X-Max 3 we tested last year. We'll go over the printer's specs, how it has performed, and I will give you my overall thoughts based on my time with it so far.

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[VastCNC]

I just wish more manufacturers would just go mainline Klipper and Orca Slicer and just let the community handle the software and focus on making the best hardware.

[Andre_M_D]

I am grateful you did a balanced review and did not whine and complain like some others do. Yes no printer is perfect but for the most part there is a lot to like with these new core xy printers. They are much better than what we had a few years ago. Some of these YouTube channels are so negative about things that most people don't care about. And some just do it for views and will say the opposite of what others say about a printer. Keep up the good work.

[goeland]

2 things:
- Dirty klipper repo just means there are uncommitted files in the folder. This could be happening in mainline as well if you modified the MCU configuration without committing them locally. So I don't know that that's a custom fork running. You'd need to check with "git remote get-url origin" to confirm it.
- The drift on z that you were seeing for your first layer could be attributed to thermal drift on the inductive probe. If it's not a higher quality unit, there is no (or poor) thermal compensation accounting for it. That would mean that you'd get inconsistent z probe measurements when the chamber is hot, as opposed to when you had it cool off.

[kilianlindlbauer]

Qidi uses the inductive probe for leveling due to speed. There is a team implementing load cells into klipper for direct force readout (actual force, not just converted into a trigger signal like a cr6 or similar), probe speed and standard deviation are inverse to each outer, meaning twice the probe speed, half the accuracy. To get to klicky like repeatability they had to probe around 3mm/s or, while klicky and most other probes aren't nearly as much affected by probe speed. This would result in a agonisingly slow mesh, like you would have on very basic abl implementations for marlin printers from 4 years ago

[eaman]

FYI:
klipper 0.10.0 instead 0.12.0
No Klipperscreen
Armbian Buster instead Bookworm
Python 2.7 instead 3.12
And all the outdated software that comes with this (fluidd, moonraker, etc.)
The disk comes prefilled with a lot of unnecessary things. ~5-7GB are used of the 8GB EMMC disk.
This means that additional features or even some GCODE files will fill your disk space entirely.
You can't install any actual plugin due to the firmware being outdated.

[Michael-vedr]

I just got mine today and they have addressed the start up menu AND the build plate centering. There are now corner stops for the plate. The filament inlet has been moved to the side from the back too!

[somhunt]

Never had an issue with adhesion or Z offset issues. That being said I do preheat soak the bed before meshing. For materials that require elevated chamber temperatures, I let the item cool to room temp before opening the door. These are just old habits that work for me and the Q1 Pro.

[bp__]

Thanks for the review! I happened to order mine on release day, and got mine 03/23/24. It was pretty great out of the box, but 2 big issues became obvious. First, belt tensioning system sucks. Constant ringing no matter what I do. Qidi support and I have 30+ emails going back and forth trying to figure it out. Can’t seem to fix it. The second issue is that my hot end decided to die. Doesn’t heat anymore. I then am currently in the process of returning it, but the printer won’t export log files to the USB drive so they are going to charge me return shipping. It has been a real bummer because I was so excited about this printer.

[Numenor]

Have they updated the firmware? Would be great to use vanilla klipper.

[kyledavis]

Klipper saying dirty can just mean shell scripts are installed

[JaviProMaster]

Z offset thermal drift could most likely be caused by the inductive probe.

[olafmarzocchi]

I wonder 1) how much does 60C vs 65C affect part strength? 2) besides being silly, what is the real downside of using old klipper? If it prints, it prints. Tinkering is not what this printer is about.

[jayfc]

why does their design language look like a washing machine and a microwave had a baby?

[mastermaker]

Rapid change of temp tends to create greater and more unpredictable warping of materials, same as with quenching a knife blade in water vs oil.

Water cools down things so fast that it increases stresses in the material and increases chances of cracking and warping, the oil is only marginally slower but it makes a huge difference.

Those 15 minutes of wait to cool down vs the thermal shock of immediately introducing cooler air is probably the same thing, makes things happen a bit too fast and introducing unpredictable warping making tweaking of first layer needed every time...

[willmar]

I had this Printer for one month and been printing ABS & ASA but now waiting on a new Extruder and hot end to come in from the manufacturer, it's jamming every time I change filament and it decided to RAM itself into the bed out of no where, it's a good printer prints ABS & ASA great but like you said a few quirks and that I pointed out on my overview video like no hepa filter which I printed and installed one to include a better filament holder call Kiwi.

[dpathfinder]

I had issues with the config for the control board fan being set to .6 which caused the printer to lock up during use of the chamber heater. After support told me to set the config to 1 the printer is not locking up anymore. I have also updated the firmware twice to now the latest. All my abs prints and silk and pla have had the best first layers ive every seen. It may be the fact that yours may have a older firmware. This printer prints abs like and absolute champ and there is a riser file for the top, as i got the same scuffing but will try to polish it out. NeeditMakeit has several upgrades to print for the machine on Maker World.

[papplemyapple]

Like some of Qidis printers but I really hate their cheap plastic panels, makes it look like a dated cheap machine. Wish they would upgrade them some some clear PC or something at least.

[saddle]

When would the runout sensor ever be used? As soon as the filament comes off the roll, the tangle sensor will stop sending movement pulses first without any filament going through it. The runout sensor could tell if the filament breaks between the sensors, but again, the tangle one will stop sending pulses as soon as that happens.

[Logan]

Why is it so hard to take the fan wires off of the cover?..Connection pads would work fine for 12/24 volt and it’s something I have been thinking about doing myself..

[g.s.]

any suggestion for a material that could stnd the inside of a washing machine? I had the spoon holder broken and I was thinking of printing it.