This Christmas it’ll be 2 years since I took a leap and started an Eclair Lightning node. I had a few difficulties along the way, but I’ve never felt that my funds were at ready unlike when I made a mistake of trying LND. I am still amazed that such a mature and reliable product that is FOSS is available to mere mortals at no cost. I may write a second year overview of my experience with Eclair if there is interest.