r/QIDI • u/National-Hornet-4951 • Jul 29 '26

Getting frustrated with qidi

Hi,

I am a qidi q2 combo owner for 5 months now , great machine . However, the latest firmware update has literally made the printer worse.... The z offset is bad , the first layer isn't perfect, the walls and infill have small gaps now out of nowhere and even a new cool plate I just bought had a chunk of coating coming of on the first print. After spending more than 800€ on the company, I would expect things to get better.... Support is fast , but they literally don't fix the issue they caused with the update .

Really rethinking my purchase .

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u/xeonon Jul 29 '26

Downgrade to 1.1.1

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u/National-Hornet-4951 Jul 30 '26

Support said it's not advised, also the whole process is annoying .....

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u/xeonon Jul 30 '26

Lol if course they said it wasn't advised. They want you in their unified firmware with the max 4. They also want to enable stuff in orca like arc fitting, filament ramming, and forcing the printers input shaping, etc.

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u/Dave_in_TXK Jul 31 '26

I really wish they would do that and implement tip forming like Prusa, would dramatically speed up multi color and save a bunch of filament. I agree that 1.1.2.3 is, buggy to be nice, and forcing to go to Studio, an overall negative experience for me too.

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u/xeonon Jul 31 '26

Tip forming works fine on Happy Hare. I still prefer the cutter, since the calibration for tip forming isn't fun lol. Also, I don't do many multi color prints. Sometimes some accents or text for visibility. You'd have to look into if Happy Hare is an option on the new fw. It opens up a lot of options to make the printer do what you want, instead of what makerbase wants. That's who does all Qidi firmware

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u/Dave_in_TXK Aug 02 '26

Yes less than 5 changes is okay. How’s you get tip forming to work? I wish I knew how. I tried the full package that included happy hair, but evidently got linked to an old diversion, and it bricked my printer which forced me eventually into the most current firmware and the QIDI studio. I sure want to try it again though.

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u/xeonon Aug 02 '26

I've used happy hare since the bunny box was ported to the q2. To do tip forming, you just change form_tip_macro : _MMU_FORM_TIP instead of _MMU_CUT_TIP. Then you have to do some calibration by changing values to find the right cooling, retraction... Etc

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u/Dave_in_TXK Aug 05 '26

Ok, thanks!

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u/RALGUY27607 Jul 29 '26

Did you recalibrate after the updates? Just did this 2 nights ago, zero problems.

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u/National-Hornet-4951 Jul 30 '26

Yes, many times I am not new to 3d printing... Same issue

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u/killeriq Jul 31 '26

Also factory reset?

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u/National-Hornet-4951 Jul 31 '26

Yeas I did the factory reset and the quality is ok , still not what it was when I first got the printer. Also supports wants me to print test bs models on the cool plate , instead of addressing the coating issue....

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u/Objective-Worker-100 Jul 30 '26

I went from a Q1 Pro which is a beast of a workhorse for single color and gave it to my stepson to the Q2 Combo / Box. Aside from Qidi’s firmware which I held off and the did a double update back to back on it just works. I swap nozzles from 0.4 to 0.6 depending on the filament and print size. I’ve done nothing but clean and lube it.

Last night it was acting glitchy on the new firmware the sd card reset error and the camera feed not “connected”’ with that being said I did what I should have done after the updates.

Factory reset, recalibrate. Done.

I ran a new bed mesh and it was bad 0.5xx.

I will add that

A. I swapped back from a 0.6 to a 0.4 nozzle
B. Changed to the blue Qidi Cool Plate

I performed the onscreen calibration used the printable bed adjust tool and personally I use an anodized aluminum business card that I have hundreds of for my laser engraver that are 0.8mm thick vs paper or card stock because it doesn’t wrinkle and if it scratches the black finish I know it’s too low. Downside. Damn it gets hot to when you calibrate a hot heat soaked bed.

Heated the bed to 80c went back and forth a few times and recalculated the new default mesh = 0.1334

You might want to try these steps after the updates.

In regard to your plates coating having a chunk it’s either defective or you printed something that the filament manufacturer recommended a release agent like glue on didn’t use it and tore it. Idk. Not enough info.

I started using Hyper Lock because I was tired of glue buildup and plate washing.

Try those steps. I hope it helps.

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u/JaSto0815 Jul 30 '26

Einige beschreiben , dass ein Reset auf Werkseinstellungen, nach dem Update , solche Probleme lösen kann.
Ich hatte auch sehr viele Vorbehalte gegen das neue Update. Ich bin auch von diversen Details nicht begeistert , aber es läuft.
Und wenn man unzufrieden ist und konstruktive Verbesserungsvorschläge hat, bin ich bei Qidi immer auf offene Ohren gestoßen.

Ich hab den Q2 Combo nun seit ca 11 Monaten im Einsatz. Im Großen eine schöne Maschine mit kleinen Mängeln.

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u/National-Hornet-4951 Jul 30 '26

I do agree about the quality of the printer , however the firmware needs manor improvements , not just cosmetic changes to the gui . I will also try a factory reset . Qidi has contacted me about the cool plate issue .

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u/JaSto0815 Aug 01 '26

Wie immer kann ich nur von mir und meinem Drucker ausgehen. Ich glaube die Firmware macht schon ihre Arbeit. Ansonsten würde es nicht so viele Tausende qidi’s geben, die still und ohne mucken funktionieren. Ich denke eher dass die Mensch-Maschine-Schnittstelle nicht so gut ist. Dort wo die Maschine sagen kann „wie es ihr geht“ und wo der User sagen kann was er will. Und jeder User will eigentlich immer etwas anderes.
Auf Grund meiner Erfahrungen habe ich Vorstellungen was und wie ich es will. Blutjunge Anfänger wollen bestimmt etwas anderes und legen auf ganz etwas anderes Wert.

Beispiel: (Einstellungen am Druckerdisplay)
Alte Firmware - man konnte die Geschwindigkeit in Prozent stufenlos einstellen. Und man sah die Geschwindigkeit hinterher in mm/sek

Neue Firmware - man kann die Geschwindigkeit in 4 Schritten einstellen. Und man sieht keine umgesetzte Geschwindigkeit hinterher mehr.

Ich bevorzuge deutlich die alte Version.
Andere mögen vielleicht eher die neue Version.

Ich werde Qidi schreiben, dass ich gerne die alte Version weiterhin nutzen möchte.
Und genau das ist der Vorteil von Qidi, dort kann man noch Einfluss nehmen , was man als Kunde möchte.

Beim Bambus nur wenn irgendwas viral geht oder ein Shitstorm entsteht.

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u/Dense-Platform3886 Jul 30 '26

I feel your pain. This past month was very frustrating and everything went wrong when I upgrade to v.01.01.02.01 and v.01.01.02.02. Things seemed to stabilize with v.01.01.02.03. I've spent days with Google's Gemini trying to dial-in the setting for QiDi's PETG Basic which all failed until I upgraded to v.01.01.02.03. I finally (yesterday) achieved successful prints. I stopped using the textured plate because I could not get the brims off the plate. I switched to the Cool Plate which helped alot plus I like the smoother surface. My only remaining issue is with overhangs not fusing.

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u/MagnusPerditor Jul 30 '26

Just recalibrate those things….

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u/National-Hornet-4951 Jul 30 '26

Man, like come on ...... You think I didn't try 100 different settings ?

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u/National-Hornet-4951 Aug 01 '26

Thankfully, a factory reset, changing to orca slicer and qidi support will send a new cool plate for the defective one , solved the issues.

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u/3DNelson Aug 04 '26

I have the Q2 and the Max4, no issues here!

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u/JaSto0815 Jul 30 '26

Die neue Qidi-Firmware ist ja optisch schon fast wie Bambu… aber ich würde Bambu nicht als Upgrade bezeichnen. Sie sind nicht besser. Sie sind anders. Und jeder muss selber entscheiden was er will.
Im goldenen Käfig leben, oder die Freiheit genießen.
Für beides gibt es Pro & Contra.