Hi Jester,
I'm sorry for late reply but I was away for few days.
If you don't mind tinkering the Ender is fine. Calibrated properly is capable of really good prints, especially considering its price. I have chosen PRO version two reasons: Meanwell PSU (feels a bit safer then no-name one) and flexible magnetic PEI bed. This thing is brilliant, just clean it with isopropyl alcohol every few prints and absolutely no problems with prints sticking to it, no need for glues, hair sprays, painters tapes etc.
The best filament I have used is AMZ3D from Amazon, but bear in mind I haven't tried many so far, surely there are better ones.