I also went this route. I’ve definitely had better luck with the Acurite sensors than I’ve had with Zigbee/ZWave sensors in terms of update frequency.

I usually leave the timers up on a secondary monitor while I’m playing, but I don’t schedule my play time around it. I find it to be more convenient than the notifications (that I sometimes miss) or hunting for things on the map.

My first printer was a Artillery Sidewinder X2, but I’ve pretty much completely switched to a Bambu Lab X1 Carbon now. I never really had too many issues with the SWX2, but the allure of multi-material and faster prints was too much.