Hello! I have been on the fence about getting a printer for years. Now my wife is getting interested too, and I feel that now it’s the time.
What are the recommendations nowadays? I am trying to steer clear of Bambi Labs due to their controversies (I’m also a supporter of open source software).
I’ve seen a few mentions of Prusa in this community. Would that be a good start? I don’t want to get in at an extremely basic level and then need to upgrade in half a year.


Prusa is a choice, alternative would be a more modern and cheap machines. Elegoo CC (2) or Snapmaker U1 or Sovol SV 08. They are relatively open (very open compared to bbl) reliable machines.
Thank you for the names, I’ll have a research, they are all new to me.