I got an Ashford Traditional for free, and it’s great to learn to spin on. Now my children all want to be spinning at the same time so we’ll probably get another wheel, dh is buying stuff to make spindles as well. My 12yods tried the wheel, got very frustrated, made himself a spindle and worked on that for a while and now he’s back on the wheel with no problems. I think it’s a REALLY good idea to learn on a spindle (ie a drop spindle) because it’s slower, and you don’t have to coordinate your foot along with everything else!!
HTH