When I’m going into something new and I’m not sure, I always start small. For example if I want to start sculpting in 3D and I want a tablet, I got for the entry level one. Since I don’t know if I am going to continue sculpting, I don’t want to spend on the most expensive tablet only to then see that I didn’t like sculpting that much. Same would go for a 3D printer, I’d start small, just to see if it’s something that I like and go from there. And also if you start simple, as you invest in better and better models, you can really appreciate what the expensive ones do that are worth the price, since you come from the cheap ones and now you have a base to compare to.
I remember my cousin tried Paintball once and he liked it, the next day he was doing investigations to buy all sorts of guns and expensive equipment, I told him dude don’t do that, you don’t know if it’s a hobby your going to keep up with. He was like of course I’m going to continue playing Paintball, it’s too cool. I’m like yeah but you only played it once, you don’t go marry a girl right after the first date. Well, he bought all the equipment, spent tons of money, played it two more times and got tired of the sport and it all went to waste. Morale of the story, don’t marry a girl after only one date.