In my experience, v60 (and I imagine most conical brewers) are both more punishing and more rewarding due to the more even extraction making a tighter range in extracted flavor compounds. If you nail it, then it's gonna be great, but if you miss a little even subjectively to what is desired, then it'll taste unpleasant. With the flat bed from something like Kalita Wave, since you're extracting a wider range (from a bit over to a bit under), it'll self-correct a bit and be easier to hit a more acceptable cup, but it'll be harder to really highlight a specific flavor you're looking for. It's why I don't recommend v60 as a beginner pourover, since it can be harder for beginners to both pour consistently, but then also harder for a beginner to recognize what they're doing wrong and how to correct the brew to make it how they like.
(also buying filters for v60 is a royal pain because they are all over the place in brew time which makes dialing in a hassle)
I think for people looking to get into coffee, Aeropress is the absolute best way to test the waters. The barrier for entry is way lower since you only really need the aeropress and coffee to get started whereas with pourover methods I think getting a gooseneck kettle is pretty close to mandatory unless you happen to have really hands-off recipes
I think getting started you probably will get away better with not having a grinder with an aeropress aswell since the technique is quite static
As long as the roastery/coffee shop you're buying from knows a solid grind for aeropress you're pretty much golden.
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