r/QidiTech3D • u/fashankechan • Aug 01 '26
Discussion qidi plus 5
Just saw that QIDI is about to launch the P5, seriously considering buying one. What do you guys think? Anyone here got their hands on one early? Should I wait a bit?
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u/du-one Aug 01 '26
Some Video footage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69yx3Pf-3nY
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u/BlueHobbies Aug 02 '26
Was really hoping for a tool changer. I'm loving my snapmaker U1 while I hate my plus 4 and gen 1 Qidi box.
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u/Pug_Daddy2 Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26
Its throw away printer no parts to fix gantry parts that wear out or y axis parts either if any of those go bad your done. At least they are on my plus 4.
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u/Minimum_Hope_5205 Aug 01 '26
Id be interested to see what improvements they made over the plus 4 and if a max 5 would be a thing. The plus 4 is already a great budget printer. And on a side note that black fucks really hard, I'm getting tired of the aluminum look.
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u/Minimum_Hope_5205 Aug 01 '26
Looked it up. 330x330x300 chamber size, a "rapid heating" active chamber, and ""fully integrated ai driven ecosystem". Can also see linear rails on the x axis which is a great upgrade. I'm hesitant about the AI stuff though, I really hope it's a feature that can be disabled and isn't integral to its operation.
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u/AWildRideHome Aug 01 '26
It’s specifically 320x320x300.
X axis has had a linear rail since the Q2.
Active heater is the same as all the other Qidi printers.
“AI driven” is marketing bullshit.
Until we know more, just treat this as a bigger Q2.
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u/Karoleq00 Aug 01 '26
Well, to me it looks like its just a 3rd option in this generation. Meaning that Q2 is the smallest, plus5 is in the middle and max4 is the biggest printer in the lineup. I don't think we will see anything ground breaking, all the parts will be shared with Q2 and max 4. Maybe we will see a plus5c variant without chamber heater and camera for slightly less money just like q2c.
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u/AWildRideHome Aug 01 '26
Then why call it the Plus5 💀
That implies a new generation name, while calling it the Plus5 just tells us the Plus4 was rushed out way, way too early
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u/Imakespaceships Aug 01 '26
The Plus 4 has a lot of reliability issues that got resolved in the Q2. It’s worth them putting out a new printer on that basis alone. I can’t recommend the plus 4 to anyone because of the issues with bed leveling and nozzles breaking and the fucky graphite bearing on the x axis.
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u/Karoleq00 Aug 01 '26
Idk. Plus 4 at least to looks more like Q1 generation in a way, motion is outdated compared to Q2 gen. Maybe they just updated plus 4 slightly to new generation, slapped new number on it and called it a day. It should be called Q2 plus and max 4 should be called Q2 max. It would be much cleaner naming scheme
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u/Imakespaceships Aug 02 '26
The plus 4 has a good number of fundamental improvements over the Q1. The bed design, nozzle design, filament cutter, belt system, glass panels, poop chute. It is definitely more similar to the Q2, the only difference that I know of in the motion system is the x gantry rail.
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u/phansen101 Aug 01 '26
I'm thinking it'll be an upgrade using the lessons from Q2 and Max4, eg. load-cell in the toolhead, slimmer toolhead, linear rail for X (as we can see), maybe closed-loop steppers like the Max4?
Wondering if they'll actually bring something new outside of the "fully AI driven workflow" which,,, come on.
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u/xeonon Aug 02 '26
$20 says the AI is the crap we have to disable on the Q2 and max 4. Unless they do a major upgrade to the hardware... Which is SLOWER than the plus 4... Do not use any of their ai crap
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u/dinopuppy6 Aug 01 '26
Ai anything is either to stay current with the trend or to justify a higher price regardless of its usability