What would be your "perfect" entry level printer?

[curious aardvark]

That obsidian is a nice looking piece of kit too.
The $249 even has a camera.

the 101 hero is similiar sized to the monoprice. But lacks all the cool bits: stel frame, wifi, bed, levelling etc.

I did think about making a mini delta. The frame could be printed in 2 pieces, wheels rather than rails means you need to buy a lot fewer pieces.

But I'd still like the arm32 board and touchscreen.

And by the time I'd costed it up and then factored in time to design and troubleshoot it all - I just decided to buy the monoprice one when it's available lol

My big delta is quite different, you can't buy anything eveb close to comparable for 4-5x what it'll cost me in money.

But going bacl to a very first machine for total beginners, the monoprice and obsidian tick all the boxes.