THE PLUS 4

Standing 550mm tall, 487mm wide and 505mm deep the Plus 4 is a medium to large sized desktop 3D printer.

Just like with all other closed enclosure 3D printers I’ve used and/or tested to date the Plus 4 features a tempered glass cover which you can use (not for PLA prints however).

QIDI has placed two very convenient carrying handles on the top left and right of the Plus 4.

 There’s also a USB port at the far rear top as seen above.

As with pas models installing the LCD just requires from the end user to connect the cable, place it on the mount and just slide it towards the right.

You also need to mount the front tempered glass door handle as seen above (2 screws).

QIDI has used a textured PEI magnetic plate with the Plus 4 and as for the platform, it's held in place on the left and right by two pieces of plastic secured with 2 long screws each so you’ll also need to remove those (as you will the cable ties holding the direct drive extruder and the axis).

Two blower type fans are placed on the interior of the enclosure.

There’s also a nozzle cleaner, filament collector and an activated carbon compartment with an activated carbon pouch/bag inside.

QIDI has equipped the Plus 4 with what’s one of the largest direct drive extruders around (for such a model).

Inside the enclosure there’s also a LED strip and an 1080p camera (which however seems to record at 480p by default).

Both the power on/off switch and the power port are located on the right side.

Moving at the rear we find  a mounting area, exhaust port and an intake fan.

The mounting area is used by the 3-piece filament spool holder as seen above.

Since QIDI didn’t send over any PLA filaments for this review I used a high-speed one by Elegoo (also updated the firmware to version 1.7.1 initially – via online mode that was pushed to 1.7.3 just in time for my tests).