BMW vs. Ford. I guess my response to that is where else in any other aspect of my life am I going to have the opportunity to drive a Beemer rather than a Ford for $150?
And that is certainly very valid. You'll certainly never outgrow a Forster or any other high end single stage. So if it's not going to make you miss a mortgage payment or make you eat ramin noodles for a month then by all means go high end. Hell, it's still cheaper than buying just about any gun you can think of.
The priming on the press on the Forster doesn't really tickle me. But then many on press methods are rather ugly regardless of company. I'd far rather use a hand priming tool than do them one at a time on that rather difficult to reach priming facility between the guide rods.
Others that use the tip out priming tool that fits into the ram at least present the primer cup out front where it's easy to use.
As mentioned there's also much to be said for the style where you can size and decap then set the primer in the cup and press into place on the downstroke so you lower the amount of handling for each casing.
And that's the secret to loading hand gun ammo a little quicker with a single stage press. You're committed to placing and pulling the lever 3 times per round already. Don't look for ways to add a a fourth pull. The Lee, Hornady, Redding and Lyman T7 at least give you a way to size, decap and seat the primer all with one placement and lever operation.
You may not be looking at this as important now. But when you're fumbling with primers and need to accurately place the cases in another step to seat the primer you'll realize that this is a rather key element. Especially if the casing needs to be seated with care so the primer is guided into place with the required degree of accuracy. Adjusting the little casing guide plates on the Forster seems like it would quickly become an exercise in frustration. Or at least annoying. Sets of dies come with the right size cartridge holder. I feel that I may as well use a press that takes advantage of that and makes swapping from one size round to the next easier by using the correct size shell holder. So for my self I don't see a big advantage in the Forster method for holding the cases in either the die position or the priming station at the back of the press when it's so easy to snap the proper size shell holder into and out of place on a regular style press. And especially when the dies all come with these shell holders already.
So for my money I see the Forster as more of a Ferrari where the things it does well it does brilliantly. But like any exotic car it also comes with a few quirks that the owner is expected to like but where in reality they can be a trifle annoying. The on press priming setup on the Forster certainly qualifies as a quirk.
But that's my opinion. Go back and watch some more You Tube videos and make up your own mind on this.
In the end while I don't find my Hornady LnL to be perfect I do like the front access to all the possible features being located in the same area. It avoids arm strain during any longer sessions where one position can be set up for minimum strain but the other position for priming now becomes more of a reach. Meanwhile the Hornady, RCBS, Redding and Lyman put ALL the handling needs right in the same spot. So you can set up for minimal repetitive motion and a good view of the position.
If you're mostly loading hand gun ammo sizing the casings also does not take a whole lot of effort. So that's another point where the rather long overhand travel of the Forster arm is rather wasted. It offers lighter travel for long rifle cases which might come in handy for later. But the long travel for handgun ammo will quickly prove to be slower and become annoying when you have to move it so far and only need about 1/4 of the full travel to do any actual work.
I hear you that it's not about the money. And that being the case keep the Forster in mind for later perhaps for when you begin loading rifle rounds if some other press doesn't turn out to work as well. In the meantime though I think you might find that you'll enjoy a press intended for shorter ammo more as being better suited to loading handgun and shorter rifle rounds.