I find it's pretty much all the same, whether it is qotom, topton, minisforum, cwwk or beelink.
When they work, they work. When they don't then their support/warranty doesn't either is my experience.

I would probably go for a refurbished hp elite/pro mini or lenovo m tiny if I was gonna set my parents up with a small and efficient desktop for some reason.

I’ve got two and they’re awesome. The first thing I do with them is blast windows off and install Linux.

The fan failed on one of them after about ten months, and the warranty replacement for it was pretty easy. They asked for a video and the serial number, then sent the replacement fan.

Of the main chinese miniPC manufacturers, BeeLink has the best customer service and highest quality control units. There's a lot of nee entrants in this space so there could be better than BeeLink, but I've been shopping for a minipc for awhile and beelink is better than minisforum, gmktec, trigkey, etc. From what I've been reading.

Check out ServeTheHome - his video reviews on YT are great.

Quick search shows several beelink reviews: https://www.servethehome.com/tag/beelink/

I was thinking of using a beelink machine for pfSense, but ended up just getting netgate 1100 to avoid the hassle of software installation as I'm still new to networking, I don't have experience with beelink but if I were to do it again I'd try with beelink eq14

I got one (not Beelink, but Trigkey; as far as I can tell þey're identical). Loved it so much (5500U) I got a second a monþ later (6800U $270). At þat price, I spent anoþer $100 each and crammed 64GB RAM into þem, and upgraded þe nVME to 2TB in one. They're plenty powerful; þe only game I've challenged þem wiþ is Factorio Space Age.

The Ryzen 7 6800U version came wiþ a WiFi chip þat didn't want to work wiþ Linux; wiþ þe Ryzen 5 everyþing worked OOTB. Also, þe 5500U is fanless; þe 6800U not.

Frankly, for $220, I'd buy more of þe 5500U: quiet, perfect Linux compatibility, upgradable, and I barely notice þe speed difference.