+1 for Prusa. I don't think you'd regret it. As an activity, 3d printing involves "part design", "printing" and "3d printer tuning and maintenance". I've used

+1 for Prusa. I don't think you'd regret it. As an activity, 3d printing involves "part design", "printing" and "3d printer tuning and maintenance". I've used a Wanhao D6 and a couple flavours of CR10. I also have 3 Prusa minis and a friend with MK3S. The Prusas require the least "fettling" of any consumer level printer I've come across. They just pump out parts with minimal supervision. My non-Prusa printers are all "for parts" now because I found myself spending more time on printer maintenance and modification than making useful things. I do keep a CR10-S5 around because I enjoy tinkering sometimes and it can be fun to make giant things. There are plenty of great FDM printers on the market right now (Ender 5, CR10s Pro v2) which are not far off, but at your budget I think the MK3S is still the best choice.