@fedops Yea, we were looking at some others but weirdly this is probably not going to be mostly for me. My wife is a serial hobbyist, and she'll probably be the one that uses it the most. She's a nerd too, but not a computer nerd so ease of use was a huge factor. I heard a lot of great things about the Bambu stuff, and so far it's lived up to expectations and then some. More FOSS would be nice though.
Just spreading the word, there has been a Recall concerning BambuLab Ai printers. It does not affect the A1 Mini.
The part specifically is the heatbed cable, if there are signs of damage they are offering a replacement, if there are no signs of damage, they give some simple tips to prevent the issue, including a printable cable-protector.
More details in the link above,atBambuLab's blog post about the issue.