{"id":42469,"date":"2026-08-05T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/3dwork.io\/?p=42469"},"modified":"2026-09-14T23:25:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T21:25:44","slug":"qidi-plus-5-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/3dwork.io\/en\/qidi-plus-5-review\/","title":{"rendered":"QIDI Plus 5 + Polar Cooler + QIDI Box: Review \u2014 The Definitive Evolution for Technical Filaments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We keep expanding our coverage of the QIDI family, and today it’s the turn of their new pick for the high-performance segment with an active chamber: the QIDI Plus 5<\/strong>. If you’ve been following 3Dwork for a while, you know we’ve already covered the QIDI Plus 4<\/strong><\/a>, the QIDI Q2<\/strong><\/a>, and the QIDI X-MAX 3<\/strong><\/a>, so we have plenty of context to judge whether this generation delivers the leap it promises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Update:<\/strong> this review now includes testing with the QIDI Polar Cooler<\/strong> and the QIDI Box<\/strong> installed and running on the Plus 5 itself, so we’re talking about the full combo the way anyone who picks this lineup will actually experience it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Plus 5<\/strong> arrives with four major upgrades over its predecessor: a larger build volume (320x320x300 mm), a new motion system with 1.5GT belts and upgraded linear rails to eliminate VFA artifacts, the active toolhead cooling system called Polar Cooler<\/strong>, and a refreshed software ecosystem with the QIDI Maker<\/strong> app. It sits in the segment of enclosed CoreXY printers for technical filaments, right where the Creality K2 Pro\/K2 Plus and the Anycubic S1 Max compete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always, before we continue, remember you can join our community on 3Dwork’s Telegram channel<\/a>, full of makers passionate about 3D printing, laser cutting, and CNC. You’ll also find us on Instagram<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>, and TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

QIDI Plus 5<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The QIDI Plus 5<\/strong> is an enclosed CoreXY FDM printer built for users who work regularly with technical filaments: ABS, ASA, PA-CF, PC, PPS-CF. The concept hasn’t changed from the Plus 4, but the execution has. QIDI has reworked practically the entire motion system and thermal management, which were the two most critical weak points of the previous generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Build volume goes up to 320 x 320 x 300 mm<\/strong>, a jump of around 18% over the Plus 4 without increasing the machine’s external footprint, meant to stop you from having to split large parts into several pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The bed is an aluminum-and-silicone heated platform<\/strong>, with a double-sided textured PEI sheet<\/strong> surface. Inside, it has a silicone layer covering the whole surface, with dense heating wires and insulating cotton, aiming for heating that’s as even as possible so first-layer adhesion doesn’t depend on which part of the bed the piece sits on. It reaches up to 120\u00b0C<\/strong> with a rated power of 500W<\/strong>; QIDI doesn’t specify the exact heating time in its documentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Plus 5<\/strong> keeps the CoreXY<\/strong> kinematics with a fully metal frame, but introduces two relevant changes over the previous generation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n