Review QIDI Tech Q1 Pro Review: Turn Up the Heat

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QIDI heats up the competition with a controversial chamber heater.

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[chaz_music]

The thermal control gives them an advantage because they know the ΔT temperature that the filament has around it. That is awesome and should be noticeable in the build quality and speed, as you mentioned.

Having a heater inside should have safety protection also for fire, so I would be more comfortable if the product had a UL mark, i.e., it has been inspected by UL to check for fire and shock hazards. I myself would have designed it with ceramic heating elements so the heating elements are not exposed. Problem solved.

Note that if you are worried about shock, you can plug the unit into a GFCI outlet or use a GFCI protected cord. They should probably add that to their manual. My entire bench is powered from a GFCI outlet so if I do something Darwinian, I get to witness my goof. So far though, no trips.

 

[1prophead]

I now have had several weeks of experience with the Qidi Pro and can agree that this product covers most of the basis for a trouble free operation. Many years ago I purchased an Ultimaker 2 and compared to the Ultimaker this unit is much easier to get reliable prints at a pretty good speed. I also have the Snapmaker and the Qidi Max which is another story but I mention these because if you desire a reliable printer QidiPro is the best one in my opinion. The build size is not too small and by following the recommended methods it can be exceptionally trouble free.
If I had to change one thing it would be to re-design the filament spool holder to be much stiffer. The current plastic arm can just barely hold a 1Kg filament spool and flexes so much that its breaking off is a concern.