The Wanhao i3 or Wanhao i3 Plus is a really good place to start, decent entry level pricing and solid decent machines. I have the original Wanhao i3 and it's still going strong and the most reliable printer I have. I also have a CTC Dual which is good... but takes some messing around with to get it on point. Not to mention they tend to arrive with the odd bolt dropped out and the rest all need tightening. They also ship them with one extruder higher than the other since despite is being a dual, they set it up as a single. I also have a Cube 3rd Gen... Great idea, amazing quality prints, BUT, crappy design and proprietary makes them bad. It's possible to hack the firmware like I have to then use "normal" filament, but to be honest it's more effort than it's worth and gets very little use these days as my Wanhao is my "go-to" with my CTC as my backup.
The Wanhao i3 I think is around £349, the i3 Plus I believe is around £399, the CTC can be found on eBay around £279 (maybe less).
I've found https://technologyoutlet.co.uk to be great for parts and advice (I bought my Wanhao i3 from them and also bought spares etc from them when needed)
If your budget allows, I would go the CR-10 500x500x500 purely for it's large build area, plus from reviews I've seen they're really good too but the larger one costs around £999
:lol: The cat likes to play around it too.
