My ANET ET4 (clone) has died in a blob of melted PLA and I am not going to fix it once again.
Would you buy a solid, community supported Ender 3 S1 or a newer, faster and shiny Anycubik Kobra 2?
They have almost the same price, dimensions, and both come with direct extruder
Can’t speak to any other 3d printers since I recently purchased my first one. But it’s an Ender 3 S1 and I love it. So far I’ve been running it nearly constantly and throwing different materials through it. No issues so far!
Also if you live near a Microcenter you can usually pick one up for $199.
Here in Europe when you are lucky it’s 300€ :o