I think the echo is on sale for $ 140 right now . Other than that your starter system seems pretty good . Maybe hold off on the wireless dimming kit . You can also ask Alexa to dim your lights . <| sep |> scratched mine 1 week after I got it , totally my fault though . Finished a set of pullups and smacked my hand into a wall <| sep |> I just aim to stay in the 30 k 90 k bracket . 5 a day tends to do that so things work out . Plus if you do too many , to too early in the week you meet the whales . learned the hard way . After weekly reset , do your arenas later in the day for this reason too , prob good idea for first half of week . <| sep |> Don ' t move a muscle <| sep |> I would definitely recommend Real Techniques . Their starter setsetp 1406 and core collectioncollection 40 offp 1403 sets will come to roughly 30 .