I'd say, if you like me don't enjoy the tinkering with calibration here, and adjustment there, then get a Prusa.
They are by no means perfect, and calibrations/adjustments come with the territory, but they have a certain threshold for quality that removes some of the most horrible sources of errors.
Eg, flex in the structure often comes from cheaping out on material or design, and is imo the worst kind of sources of errors. A static error (eg a fixed offset of the bed leveling) is more easy to calibrate/compensate away.
Other big brands may be as good as Prusa, but I have no experience of them. A friend got an Ender 3, bed was warped, replaced the unit, bed warped on that one too. Our Prusa mk3s2 had no such kind of quality errors. YMMV.
Some things I learned:
* do a z-level calibration (finding distance for the first layer) according to guides
* increasing temp (bed and head) by 5degC on first layer increased adhesion
* clean the bed with IPA only, that's well enough if you never touch it.
* never touch the bed with bare hands - I always used tissue paper as a glove
* never needed to use paper glue or hair spray or anything after the above things (but before that I used paper glue which didn't help, and was haaaaaard to remove)
* don't scrape the print off with the metal spatula, it'll scratch the bed surface easily
* when turning on the printer, don't use the small amount of filament that's been sitting in the print head since last time. Back out the filament and cut that off and start with new filament.
If you have a microcenter nearby they sell 3d printers, you can go see them run and take one home. I’m extremely pleased with the Ender 3 V2 from Creality, especially for the price. It makes some fan noise but the steppers are very quiet which is nice. I haven’t had any issues with print quality and overall the build seems solid. If you’re thinking about running OctoPrint check my question in here for what appears to be some good advice.
If you've got the money, I'd suggest Original Prusa, since I got one I've never used my Creality CR-10 again. Even though the CR-10 isn't a bad printer at all, the Prusa provides the overall better experience. :-)
