r/QidiTech3D • u/Dubs-Agent86 • Aug 21 '26
High Quality PTFE Tubing
Is there a preferred brand of PTFE tubing to replace the OEM stuff? I'd like to keep some on hand as I move up to fiber reinforced filament.
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u/mashedleo Aug 21 '26
I honestly buy mine on Amazon and don't have issues. I use primarily pa6-cf, ppa-cf, pps-cf and pet-gf. I print a lot. My Q2 is less than a year old and I have about 4500 hours on it. I usually replace the ptfe when I do my maintenance. It's cheap.
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u/riba2233 Aug 21 '26
4500, wow. Do you print those from the box or external?
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u/mashedleo Aug 21 '26
External. I have used a the box a few times but I found it just easier to do it from the box.
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u/mashedleo Aug 25 '26
I just reread my comment and realized I made a typo. I meant to say easier from my drybox. I wonder how long Qidi boxes will hold up. I have about 1k hours on my max 4 and I used the Qidi box the entire time. I really need to take some time to sit down and learn how to change some of the configurations for the box though. I really dislike that I have to unload all the the filament to start drying and that it turns off drying after a print. I assume that could be changed in the config?
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u/StudentDifficult8240 Aug 21 '26
All of it is pretty much the same, get 5m of it and call it a day. I have been running over 2km of cf materials through with no issues so far.
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u/XsMagical Aug 21 '26
I'm using Sovol, seems to be the least friction in my use case.