stackoverflow.blog/2010/11/23/qa-is-hard-lets-go-shopping talks a bit about recommendations (specifically,
shopping recommendations, but the principles are similar for things that don't cost money); the main reason why many SE sites don't like such questions is that the answers are liable to go out of date, and questions that ask about the
principles involved are "better". Obviously that's not going to be so helpful for a case like Carmeister's, looking for ...