I’m gonna level with you, I’m in a pretty similar situation in terms of boards, I’ve got 3 DIYs and 1 pre built and the pre built is the only rideable one at the moment. All 3 boards are out of commission due to me lacking the skill to complete these builds reliably (or cannibalizing the 3rd DIY to fix one of the others lol)
I’ve made some decent progress but my experience of “learning DIY” has taken me a couple years and several thousand dollars already and I expect it to take more time and money before I can truly do it well.
It sounds like the DIY portion is just too expensive for you right now. It’s an awesome skill to learn but shit man, mistakes out here aren’t cheap.
The only board I do have running is my backfire zealot which
Having a decently reliable pre built has been a godsend.