Many people are quite happy with Brothers. However, they are a disposable printers.
this is an important point, and i view many tech purchases through this lens.
i ask myself -- given the price point of the kind of item i am buying, is this something where i need to really worry about how much money and hassle it would cost to get it repaired? if so, i buy one kind of product -- perhaps something on the expensive high end because of its reliability. or is this the kind of thing that if it breaks after a month/year (or if i don't like it, or something better comes along, or technology improves), it's not a huge deal to throw it out and buy something new.
a standard laser or inkjet printer, at this price point, is essentially (for many of us at least), a "disposable" item. better to buy a reasonable low cost one and not worry too much about it (not spend 100 hours researching to find the "best" one, or planning for if it's going to hold up for 10 years and how to repair it). if it lasts a few years and breaks, you don't get it repaired, you trash it and buy a new one.