hobby guns are good and you will get great results it with if properly used
mine lasted for almost 8 months and it might have been more if it wasn't for my kid
unfortunedly there is no middle gun the only one might be eastwoods pro model and since it has the same Kv as hobby guns I don't see what it has over the others except for interchangable nozzles .
I suggest to learn the basics with a hobby gun and then go professional .