Creality Filament Dryer Box 4 Spools, Space Pi X4 Filament Storage Box, 200W PTC Heats Up to 85°C, Dual Heating Chambers, Fast Drying & Moisture-Free Storage, for PLA, PETG, TPU, ABS

Here are some good 4-spool dryers: Creality Space Pi X4 (best, nice features) Sovol/Comgrow SH03 (still very good, slightly cheaper)

It sounds like you just want something basic that’s enclosed with a filament box. In that case, maybe the Qidi Q2 or Anycubic Kobra S1 Max (bigger) is best. Just understand that if you want to do multicolor/multimaterial prints, they will take a lot longer on those machines and you will waste a lot of filament. A ridiculous amount, in fact. And I know you said you don’t want to pay extra for a filament dryer/storage box, but even with this printers mentioned above, you will pay extra. You can either buy the printer itself for one price, or you can buy the “combo” which includes the printer and the filament box for a higher price. You will pay either way, sorry. That’s how they get us, haha. How much will you actually do multicolor printing though? It’s hard for me to answer that. Only you will know. But if you have kids and will be printing stuff for them, I will tell you that kids love multicolor models. But you can also print different parts of the models separately and then glue them together. Or you can paint your models. So you have options, but those take time. Before I got a tool changer (Snapmaker U1), I didn’t do a lot of multicolor printing because it was so wasteful and time-consuming. I wanted to do it, but it just wasn’t worth it. But once I got the Snapmaker, the time/waste limitations were removed and now I print often in multi-color. And in multi-material, meaning combined hard rigid plastic (PLA or PETG) with soft flexible plastic (TPU) parts. All of those things are possible with a tool changer. I understand what you’re saying about the Snapmaker and being concerned because it’s a newer printer, but Snapmaker has been around for a long time and is known for making quality printers. So they aren’t new to this. The U1 has been out for about 6 months now and is proving to be a reliable machine. It’s not en experimental/prototype printer or anything, haha. So don’t worry too much. Honestly, if you’re thinking about doing multicolor, or multimaterial, a toolchanger printer is definitely the way to go. You can do so much more with them than a single nozzle printer. The only 2 tool changer printers on the market right now under $1000 USD are the Snapmaker U1 and FlashForge Creator 5 and Creator 5 Pro (the enclosed version). But the FlashForge just came out and will probably take a month or two for shipping. The U1 is available right now and there are aftermarket top cover kits available for it right now too. Check out Biqu PopCap. (Fair warning, it looks great but it’s overpriced. But it is an option that is available now.) Though I recommended just doing one of the community mods to fit a storage tote on it for now (not pretty, but very functional) and then get the official Snapmaker top cover when it gets released in a few months. It will have filtration and fans and chamber temp management (via passive heating up to 50C). And with either of those printers you can get a 4-spool dryer/box combo and use it for drying and storing filament. So then you will have everything you want. Check out this setup: https://www.reddit.com/r/snapmaker/s/vjbbOFnKf6 Here are some good 4-spool dyers:https://a.co/d/02m9VtRA (best, nice features)https://a.co/d/0buvt1JR (very good, slightly cheaper) With all of that being said, if you don’t think you’re going to do a lot of multicolor/multimaterial printing, then a tool changer probably isn’t worth the money. In which case, again, something like a Qidi Q2 might be good, or an Anycubic Kobra S1 Max, or for a cheaper option, an Elegoo Centauri Carbon 2 with one of the dryer boxes I linked up above. I just know that most people that buy a single nozzle printer - they love it - but than after a while they want to do more and they can’t, not without a lot of waste. Single nozzle printers are old news and are quickly becoming obsolete. My friend owned a Bambu P2S with AMS multi-color box and loved it for a while. But he didn’t like the filament waste on multicolor models. He visited me a few weeks ago at my home and saw my Snapmaker U1 printer in action. He was amazed! He instantly regretted buying his Bambu. He sold it and just ordered a Snapmaker U1 yesterday, lol. True story! So just keep all these things in mind. It’s really a matter of what you want to print with the machine. You might later regret buying a single nozzle printer. I’ve seen that happen many times. But if you buy a tool changer, it’s highly unlikely that you will regret it later and wish you had bought a cheaper single nozzle printer. Hope that makes sense. Good luck to you friend!