QIDI Q1 Pro 3D Printer, 600mm/s High-Speed Fully Auto Leveling 3D Printers with Camera, 60℃ Chamber Heat, 350°C Print Support Carbon Fiber Filament, Tangle Detection, Printing Size 9.65"x9.65"x9.45"

It's been over a year and this printer seems to be doing really great! I've made plenty of mods and added Klipper features that Qidi leaves out for some reason. If you don't know look into the Klipper website. For an easy one look up screws_tilt_adjust. I bought another printer this year and it's Qidi's flagship version and they still use the "Paper" method. The new Klipper method is easier and more precise. Why is it so important for these printer companies to re skin Orca or Prusa? Just use what's there and have the software team build better printer profiles and filament profiles. They would blow Bamboo out of the water!Wifi is better than my old X-Max. The probe sensor keeps prints stuck to the bed. Cameras keep me from having to walk back and forth checking on it.PLA ABS, GF Nylon and TPU are all easy to print. I did spend some time calibrating the filament profiles using the Orca calibration tools.When it comes to support Qidi is great. Remember that they are on Asian time so emails may not be returned till early in the morning. They will do what ever they can to help diagnose or replace parts so you are back up and running. If you think 3D printers print issue free their entire life you are new to printing or are being paid by a printer company. It's nice to always have parts available and a team that is there to help. Make sure to check the Qidi Discord and the Wiki cause there's always quick answers there.Bonus for anyone still reading this boring review. The Qidi Studio slicer they recommend limits the machines capabilities. There may have been updates I'm unaware of but moving to Orca will unlock the speeds and quality this little black box can achieve. Also go join the Printables groups and find all the upgrades you could ever want!To wrap it up. Buy it! Unless you need to print big helmets for an oversized mellow this printer is the best bang for the buck. Weather you're new to printing or a slicing wizard the Q1Pro has made my shop more organized, easier to work and made quite a few toys for the kids. You can't go wrong with kid toys! It may be a simple one color robot or lizard but since you "Made it" they think it's the coolest toy in the box.

This is not a perfect, trouble-free printer, but it gets closer to that than any printer I've ever had. When things go wrong, expect top tier customer service. I have two so far, and I keep stopping myself from getting a third.I have a small print farm with 7 printers, 3 of them are Qidi (the third is an X-Plus 3), and they are the brand I trust the most. You can already read the stats sheet, I don't need to repeat everyone talking about how you get so many features for the price.I'll start with the cons:1) There is no built-in air filter for ABS and ASA printing. This is not a major problem for me because my high temp materials of choice are Nylon and PC, but it could be a concern for others. You can print a solution yourself, including one shared by Qidi.2) The spool side mount is unstable and wobbly. Not a major problem for me because I print from dryboxes and don't use spool holders.3) It is wifi-only. It is adequate, but I prefer wired connectivity for reliability. My X-Plus 3 has an ethernet port, which is why the Q1 Pro's lack of one pains me. My other non-Qidi printers are also wifi-only, so I might be unfair.There is one oddity I have to note:One of my hotends leaked. It took me a few weeks to notice. The leaked plastic took the shape of the silicone cover and was so smooth it looked like it was supposed to be part of the hotend itself.I haven't heard anyone else having that problem, and my other Q1 Pro is completely fine. I had even upgraded my X-Plus 3 to the same hotend very recently (because of the Q1!), and it was also completely fine. This feels like a strange fluke.Regardless, Qidi's customer service rectified the problem and sent out a replacement hotend within a day (it still hasn't arrived, as I only reported it 2 days from the time of writing).That lets me segue to Qidi's excellent customer service. This is the only time I've had to email them about a problem with the Q1 so far, and they were prompt. I've already emailed them a few times about my X-Plus 3 in my full year of owning it and had the same prompt and helpful responses.This is why I will buy more of their printers in the future. I get treated like an industrial business client and not a tinkering hobbyist. No other consumer- or prosumer-grade printer company acts like this towards their customers.And now the pros:1) Customer service is excellent. See above2) The automatic Z-offset is actually good. I'm spoiled by this feature. I wish I could backfit it into my X-Plus 3. I have a printer from a different brand that also has automatic Z-offset, and the Q1 Pro's is way more reliable. I have heard horror stories about some other printers that claim to have automatic Z-offset, but the Q1 Pro has a good one.3) The filament runout sensor is just above the extruder. This means I waste only a few mm of filament when it finally triggers. This is a premium feature I've only seen in higher-end DIY printers, almost all consumer-grade printers I've seen have it further along in the filament path.4) The tangle detection sensor is way more crucial than I thought it was. The runout sensor is only half of the equation. Some filament manufacturers tie the end of the spool or deform it in some way and it can get stuck in the filament path. This can ruin prints even with the runout sensor active because it will still detect the filament even though it stopped moving! I feel completely safe with spools running low on the Q1 pro the way I don't with my other printers that also have runout sensors.5) Their slicer profiles are on point. A lot of companies neglect this. I actually modify my non-Qidi slicer profiles with inspiration from the X-Plus 3 and Q1 Pro profiles. The print quality is the best among all my printers.My conclusion:It's great! It's not flawless, but it's a workhorse printer with minimal problems and quick resolutions when they pop up. It's more a professional or industrial printer than a hobbyist maker one, but priced for the latter.