Coffee

the older i get the less i think getting the right first pour over brewer matters. v60, kelita, mellita. it doesn't actually matter which you get first. they're all still pour over brewers. compared to an aeropress, the coffee they make will the same sort of different experience: less body, more sweetness. they have pros and cons and differences between eachother, but you won't really care which one you have if you haven't tried and experienced the others. the kalita wave is probably the most durable, the v60 has the most coffee nerds talking about it, and the melita is the one you're most likely to find at such fine establishments as "the store"

your decision might come down more to where you are than which is best. if you're in america you'll pay the least markup on a chemex, if you're in europe, the kalita or a bialetti cone might make more sense (bialetti's cones are very comparable to v60s), but if you're in Japan or Korea you should get the v60 and never look back. you might want to base your decision on which you can buy filters for without ordering online since those will be the least likely to ever leave you without filters due to supply chain failures (an increasing concern in 2025).