For $300 you can get an A1 mini and it's a pretty solidly engineered printer. We're running them until they break. But they don't break...

I second this. Occasionally the head will jam, but it is easy to clean them out. But, the A1 mini is the first device that really just works. It's so much fun.

Do not be an idiot like I was and try to print in an outdoor atrium to avoid fumes. That's really not an issue these days and humidity will kill your filament. For many reasons related to humidity control, it is useful to invest in a humidity monitoring filament holder.

I got the A1 - I knew I would want to print bigger things eventually, and spending an extra ~$100 seemed like a no-brainer.

I also always get the bigger disk on phones, etc.