Unless I need more print volume my go to 3d printer is still my first printer. The Ender 3 v2. Spend $100 additional dollars on some capricorn bowden tube, microswiss dual gear extruder, and microswiss all metal hotend and flash the Marlin firmware to it (which is free), and the Ender 3 v2 prints like a dream. Not that it doesn't do a pretty good job stock.
Even if I need a bigger print area My next favorite so far is my AnyCubic Chiron which is basically just a bigger Ender 3 with a slightly different firmware. The $1000 printers I have, I dont even hardly use.