Sorry, but if you did research on Bambu's and came away with them being open and hackable, you didn't do enough research. I dove into 3D printing a year ago.

Sorry, but if you did research on Bambu's and came away with them being open and hackable, you didn't do enough research. I dove into 3D printing a year ago. I settled on the P1S because its reputation for "just working" and good for beginners. I wasn't interested in attaching a Pi to it, run Klipper on it, I wasn't interested in steep learning curves and choosing from a myriad of slicers. I wasn't interested in "calibrating more than printing" with the Enders that one friend warned me about. I needed it for one simple, but big project and it worked great. Since then I expanded to getting the enclosure, AMS, and messing around with Orca. The Bambu is very accomodating to learn and grow more and I don't regret the decision at all.