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Pros & Cons
Pros
Dual extrusion is a challenge. The nozzles were corrected by removing the head, tightening one a bit more and adding a little shim.
The qidi tech 1 looks great, is very user friendly, a great investment for newcomers. I'm looking forward to maximizing all of its features as my 3d printing knowledge grows. Support from qidi is outstanding. Highly recommended 3d printer and backed b... Read More
Great customer service, even after purchasing it about 3 years ago. Very responsive, polite, caring. I am just so happy to have a company who actually responds and sounds like intelligent human beings rather than dumb heartless robots.
While not detracting from the 5-star rating i consider the tech-1 to be a hobby 3d printer, something to learn on. Other than that this printer is a champ. Pre-configured accurately and comes with awesome support for a great price.
Easy setup, just simply works. They have videos instructions for common issues. A few features that are missing are auto bed leveling and wifi.
Cons
There were screws laying loose on the bottom of the unit. The assembly instructions are useless. You need to completely disassemble the printer, until all screws have been removed.
I understand that support doesn't manufacture this product, but they leave me without a working product. Poor documentation is an utter joke. It is far too unreliable and requires too much maintenance.
The print bed has horrible adhesion issues. If you raise it to spec, both extruders drag across the print so hard that they ruin the print, or more likely, shake the print bed violently. The plastic encasing above the unit for abs printing is a nightm... Read More
They are simply thin pieces of plexiglass that have a coupe holes bored through. Also, some colors are terrible. The control rods are under sized, and flex a lot under vibration, which this thing can create in *.
Highlights
Quality
I would recommend this printer for experienced users because of the quality of prints you get
I am very very impressed with the customer support for this product
I am out of warranty now and just had a problem with the machine shutting down while printing
I had an issue with the print quality but their tech patiently worked with me via skype and found out the issue was a bad nozzl... Read More
Shipping
We have now started to use it to make shipping protectors for our product
I had to replace a motherboard for some strange printer behaviors but support was great about helping with it shipping the par... Read More
I broke one of the cooling fan fins and emailed qidi support they quoted me a price with shipping and sent off the parts
Packaging/appearance
The printer was easy to setup and printed excellent write out of the box
Like i mentioned soon after i got mine it became clear that something wasnt working correctly on it the print would start fine ... Read More
All the models attached were printed on the qidi tech i
Competitiveness
All i can say is once it is dialed in it runs perfectly i highly recommendthis printer
I use simplify3d for slicing and upgraded to a glass bed
Sirsi received a qidi technology 3dpqda1601 printer from amazon a few days ago
They deserve 5 star mostly because of the customer support and pricing compared to competition and my past experience buying tech products
Overview
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- This product had a total of 531 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 14 2022.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Because of lack of awareness on our part the power supply of the printer got damaged
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Even after they sent the power supply they stayed in touch and followed up until the problem was completely solved
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I have to readjust the nozzles to get it right thou
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Otherwise its not gonna work right
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The product is properly packaged that protects the printer
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I purchased this printer about 2
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I emailed customer service they diagnosed my problem within one or two emails then offered me new parts to fix it for under 50
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I would buy the stainless steel mk10 extruder so that u dont have issues with the head being blocked and then it wont work right
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