Before i got my A1, i had 2 Qidi Tech printers. Very happy with them both but A1 is so easy to use.
I got my A1 with the AMS lite. I got it around june and have 420+ hrs on it.
Anyway, besides Bambu there is at least 1 competitor: Anycubic Kobra 3 Combo. Apparently, Qidi Techs newest printer QIDI PLUS4, will eventually have the ability to do multi-colors also.
Thus, with there being 3 companies that make multicolored would you stay with Bambo or switch? To keep it simply, at a hardware level, all 3 printers are the same
There is the Prusa XL but thats so many times more expensive that i dont consider it an option for normal home use
I had a good experience with my previous Qidi Tech printers but will stay with Bambu.
The main reason i dont plan to leave bambis is - MAKER WORLD.
1 - being able to DL print profiles, you dont need to mess around setting. Making it even easier to print
2 - Even more import, I can make or save $ using Maker world. I was able to get my first $40 coupon in my first 2 months, and already have enough for a second $40 coupon.
I can passively make $ from designs. This is the main reason this site is different from thingiverse, thangs and printables.
I post all my designs onto these 4 sites but I dont get anything from the other sites. The other sites get something for my work but i dont get anything.
Anyway, For the foreseeable future, i dont expect to switch to another company
Wouldn’t give 2 cents for any bedslinger.
Qidi are solid from what I hear but I am happy.
I’d rather burn money than purchase a Prusa. They may be good but they’re overpriced, slow to innovate, and want the other arm and leg when they do.
That’s about as much as I think about the topic.
No switch for me. I’m fast and loose, I’ll use anything that tickles my fancy.
I have a kobra3 combo that’s supposed to arrive tomorrow. Their anniversary sale, plus the twenty off for giving them my email made it 359.
I was kinda hot for the plus4 but that hype has died about as fast as it came! I’ll revisit once they get their multi print out for it, maybe they’ll have some fixes in on the plus 4. When I looked at it, they didn’t have any spare parts available for purchase.
The Qidi Plus4 has caught my attention, and for good reason. Unlike Bambu Labs, which seems more focused on squeezing profits from its users at the expense of real support, Qidi appears to be responding to the real needs of its customers, including Bambu customers with their support of Orca Slicer and Skinned version of Bambu Studio. Bambu’s disregard for implementing essential features like robust self-diagnostics, network management, or a wired connection—despite countless customer requests—is striking. Instead of addressing real concerns, they seem more interested in locking users into their ecosystem and imposing unnecessary limitations, especially on P1 users.
Qidi, on the other hand, appears to be filling the gaps that Bambu selfishly ignores. The Plus4 addresses many of the same issues Bambu dismisses, and while I won’t rush into a purchase, it’s definitely on my short list. I’ve seen Bambu pour more effort into flashy marketing projects like MakerWorld than into fixing core issues for users. As an example, I’m still waiting for offline firmware updates for the P1—something that feels like it may never happen. At this rate, I’ll likely sell my P1 before that becomes a reality. Bambu soured my initial excitement when they flat-out refused my request to roll back to a known good firmware version and tried to downplay my networking issues, despite numerous reports from others on this forum and across the internet.
Competition is a good thing, and Bambu has had the spotlight for far too long. Unlike Prusa, which—though slow to innovate—has consistently maintained a customer-first focus, Bambu behaves more like a self-centered, “Apple-like” company: dictating how things should be done because they think they know best. But in reality, their focus seems to be on their bottom line rather than their customers’ needs. That’s why they’ve lost my loyalty.
As for Qidi, time will tell if they truly put their customers first. But so far, they’ve been addressing the key issues Bambu continues to ignore, which is already a promising sign.
i have had 2 qidi tech printers, rly positive experience. i would send them emails and in a handful of days (think they are in china, thus a few days extra to reply) they would reply rly fast.
I do not have any issues with Qidi.
If qidi copies what i like about bambu, then i may switch.
however i dont think it will happen anytime soon or at all.