I have a Makergear M2 I bought a little over a year ago, I would give that a look if you’re still thinking about an FDM machine. I’d say they’re every bit as good as Makerbot, possibly better in some respects, but they lack the marketing/advertising some of the other companies have so they’re not very well known (yet?). I honestly just kind of stumbled in to the company right before I was going to put my order in for a Replicator 2. And being several hundred dollars less is a nice perk!