I haven't looked at the market in obey two years. I would not ever spend that much on a printer. Especially not one like the Bambu that phones home. 

I took a peak. The Creality Ender 5.

It's over your budget, but your budget is ignorantly incorrect to start with. By the time you replace everything that sucks, you'll have spent more than you ever wanted to and had way too much frustration. 

You'll need to eventually mod the Ender 5,but, you're starting with a much better platform. 

 

 Well that's just really disheartening lol. I want one for more than just pew though. Does that make a difference? 

 The fact of the matter is if you're willing to put in dozens and dozens of hours fighting dumb stuff to print things well enough to trust your fingers and face to it when you're shooting stuff.  

 Thats a fair point. I may get a cheaper one just to learn on and printing stuff for my kids and chickens and then branch out  

 Then get the nicest version of the ender 3. It'll be fine to learn on, but... Gosh it gets annoying rebuilding printers.  

 I can tell by your replies lol. I'll just start small maybe get a return for cheap and go from there  

 And feel free to ask a lot of questions.