This is definitely not for a newbie.
This is definitely not a newbie printer. So far printing quality is good when everything works. There are still plenty of unnadressed bugs especially in snapmaker orca. Tech support is very weak. Recently I had long tirade of emails for pretty straight forward issue but tech guy was let's say not super qualified. Original filament price is expensive, you will most likely buy filament somewhere else, so NFC tag reader is useless unless they will come up with better pricing. Accessories sucks. Lid STILL in development and it will be available only in November, so you can't print abs or nylon. Extruders doesn't have filament cutter. Every time you want to change filament you have to heat up the nozzle, not a biggie but certainly annoying. Nozzle swap is complicated, nothing like bamboo A1 where is just unclip/clip thing, on U1 you will have to disassemble extruder unplug two cables put new nozzle and assemble everything back. Nearly identical like old fashioned bambu x1c. General assembly quality is poor. Mismatched panels, door hinges scraping plastic, top trim is super flimsy every time I lift the printer it feels like top side will fall to bits. Poop tray is constantly fails to catch poop so often it lands on build plate, no issues caused yet, but I only have it for a few weaks. Another annoyance is unstable network. Every 15 or 20min. It loses connection, so you have to reconnect, again, not a biggie but annoying. And this is general experience so far pretty ok printer but somehow annoying 😑