I don't want an all-in-one or a printer so big it needs to be on the floor. My printer needs are modest.

I read reviews of some Brother models (like the 2270DW and 2240 sold by OfficeMax) on Amazon and am pretty discouraged. Noise, printers dying, short starter toner life. Some hostile reviews. But then some think it's the greatest and it will have won a PC mag award. What to do.