Thanks to everyone who offered their thoughts about what large 3d printer I should get. I’ve decided on the Qidi Max 4. Happy belated birthday to me.
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Congrats on the new printer! I hope it works out great for you!
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You know the best way to say thanks? Let us know how you like it and show off a print once you’ve gotten a chance to use it. (The older I get, the more self-serving is my advice. 
) Congrats on the new printer.
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Im the same way lol
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It got here today! I’m so excited
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Beastly looking! Congratulations. I read some reviews on these after I saw your post. One knock was how loud the MMS unit was. I actually don’t care much about noise, but curious if you think it is outrageous. I’m considering one of these. I can’t wait to hear how it turns out for you.
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It is a little bit loud compared to the Bambu AMS system but to be honest, I don’t mind it much at all.
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Also it is extremely heavy so you’ll need two people to move it (or one if you’re stubborn like me and are young at heart)
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So a couple of weeks in and I love this machine. It is able to print literally anything I can throw at it and I honestly wish I could afford to buy a second one. The print volume is huge and allows me to print more things on it. For example, I was contacted by a lady who makes cookies to make 16 different cookie cutters. I literally was able to put all of them on the build plate and print them out in one go. If you are not a fan of Bambu Labs, I would highly recommend this printer.
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Would you still recommend it if someone was a fan of Bambu?
I would say yes. It has a larger build volume (390 mm by 390 mm by 340 mm) than the H2S (340 mm by 320 mm by 340 mm)/H2D (350 mm by 320 mm by 325 mm) or the H2C (330 mm by 320 mm by 325 mm). The Max 4 also has a hotend that can reach 370 C compared to 350 C for all of the H2 series so if you’re doing engineering materials, you can easily do PPS-CF. It also costs less too. The Max 4 with their multimaterial unit is $1200. The cheapest H2 system is $2000.
I do think the one drawback is that you do need to download Qidi’s fork of Orca Slicer so you can’t use Bambu Studio to manage all of your printers in one place.
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Thanks!
Wanted to update that Orca Slicer does work with the Max 4. This machine is still awesome and I now wish I had more of them.