I've been strongly considering buying one of the new easy-mode LN devices like the Casa Hodl.
List of plug & play devices.
- Lightning In A Box, $399.99: Bitcoin Core + Lightning node
https://lightninginabox.co/product/lightning-in-a-box/
- Raspiblitz, $249.99: Bitcoin Core + Lightning node.
https://lightninginabox.co/product/raspiblitz-raspberry-pi-lightning-node/
- BTCPi, $179.99: BTCPay server with LND pre-installed.
https://lightninginabox.co/product/btcpi/
- Bitseed 3, $359.00: Bitcoin Core node.
https://bitseed.org/product/bitseed-3/
- Nodl, $399: Bitcoin Core + LND + BTCPay server pre-installed.
https://shop.lightning-solutions.eu/en/box/29-42-nodl.html#/26-storage-500_gb
- Casa node, $300: Bitcoin Core + Lightning.
https://store.casa/lightning-node
- Dojo from Samourai. Coming early 2019.
https://samouraiwallet.com/dojo