INTRODUCTION

    Laser engravers and 3D printers are clearly two of the most intriguing devices in the electronics market today and even though as I’ve stated in other reviews they are not quite perfect yet, well they are getting there. Yes, it's always a lot easier and faster (perhaps also cheaper) to buy something complete from the factory but there's always a feeling of fulfillment if you do something on your own, even more so if it's an engraving or a 3D model of something or someone you cherish. When it comes to 3D printers the vast number of manufacturers currently working and releasing new models certainly helps push the limit of current technology and yes, this will in a way force further advancements. Even now however there are very fast consumer oriented 3D printers in the market and after testing the K1 Max by Creality and the X-Plus 3 by QIDI today with me i have the latest model released by QIDI, the Q1 Pro.

    QIDI Technology, founded in 2014, is an advanced 3D printer company that is able to manufacture a full series of high-quality FDM printers. We have our own R&D center and laboratory. The company has 15,000 square meters of production workshop, 1,000 square meters of R&D center, and annual production of 50,000 sets of 3D printers. We also have own a number of patents, software copyrights. All of our products have passed the MET safety quality certification, CE, FCC, ROHS certification. We have rich experience of OEM, ODM. QIDI Technology has very professional international cooperation experience. We have established long-term strategic partnerships with Amazon, WalMart, etc. We are the first Chinese 3D printer supplier who working with Amazon directly. Our products and services are well received by users from all over the world. We have a good reputation as well as in United States, Britain, Germany, Japan and Canada. It's been 8 years since our company was founded. We have the most professional R&D team and the quickest after-sales service team. If you have any questions or problems, we will offer exclusive and fast support services. We will work hard to help customers solve any problem.

   Just like with the X-Plus 3 the Q1 Pro is also a medium to large size 3D printer featuring a maximum print speed of 600mm/s (20000mm/s² acceleration) and an actively heated chamber (up to 60 degrees Celsius) made out of metal (frame), plastic (left, right and rear panels) and clear acrylic (front door and removable top panel). This time over QIDI has used an 245x245x240mm detachable dual-sided textured PEI plate (heated up to 120 degrees Celsius), CoreXY structure, direct drive extruder with tri-metal (in the specs it says bimetal however?) hot end (0.4mm nozzle, up to 350 degrees Celsius), dual independent lead screw motors on the Z-axis, nozzle cleaner with filament collector 4.3inch 272x480p color touchscreen, 1080p camera (for monitoring and even timelapses)  and of course both 2.4G WiFi and USB 2.0 (filament dryer box is also available as extra). Once again this is a 3D printer running Klipper and so in terms of hardware specifications this time over we find a Cortex A53 1.5GHz 64-bit SoC paired with 1GB DDR3 RAM and 32GB eMMC flash (which should be more than plenty).