Coverstitch Machine Recommendations for T-Shirt Hemming?
Background: I'm a fan of oversized styles, but have wider hips, so I often run into issues with t-shirts being super baggy up top but then stretched tight around my hips, which looks ridiculous. I've 'solved' this problem by cropping the t-shirts to just above my hips, fixing the issue and having the added benefit of making the proportions look a lot better and far more stylish than just a plain t-shirt. However, my current process has just been hacking at it with my regular sewing machine, using a straight stitch. This has worked fine thus far, but as I'm getting to my more expensive and/or smaller t-shirts, I'd like something that retains the stretching ability and has a more professional finish. My research has led me to believe I am in need of a coverstitch machine, but the options are a little overwhelming, especially since I'm not really a sewer as a much as a 'hacker' (modifying existing clothing, making the occasional Halloween costume where no one will look too closely at finishes, etc.) and don't really understand all of the features and terminology in the product descriptions.
Budget isn't necessarily a problem (though not quite several thousands of dollars levels), but ease of use is - I'm concerned that if I just buy the best machine I can afford, I will need to spend weeks trying to figure out how to work the thing before being able to stitch a simple t-shirt hem. On the other hand, the cheaper standard beginner models seems to have a lot of manual steps or consistency problems, which, knowing myself, will almost certainly either make me ragequit and never use the machine again, or make me too worried to use it on my nicer shirts and never use the machine again.
Any recommendations for a nice coverstitch machine that's great for hemming t-shirts and at least somewhat intuitive to set up/use, but worth the money and won't need to be replaced if I feel like becoming a 'real' sewer in the future? Bonus points if it's a brand/model often used in youtube tutorials and the like, because reading manuals is a slog.