As a general rule, I tend to suggest that one may want to get the cheaper tools until they become comfortable with tool control, and understand and decide on a favored profile - Benjamins Best tools are honestly quite good, However every so often you might run across one with a quality defect or flaw (poor quality steel, brittle steel, chips, breakage, etc) but I have had Zero problems with my BB tools. The reasoning behind it is, Until you have settled on your own personal favored style and grinding profiles, you may find a need to change up your grinds perhaps several times, and it is perhaps easier on the pocket book to be grinding away cheap steel - Eventually you may want a more consistent higher quality steel that will hold an edge and a profile - once you settle on a grind you are happy with, it's much cheaper in the long run - keeping an edge sharp really doesnt need much griding , so your tools will last far longer , making it worth while to invest in higher grade steels (and/or handles) - The BB tools, I don't especially like their handles (and they may vary depending on if you buy then singly or in sets- usable length of the steel may vary as well, I have found - 3 different BB 1/2 inch bowl gouges - One came in a set and had a much shorter handle and much shorter usable tool length in order to fit into the kit box with the other 7 tools!) - But handles can be knocked off and your own turned handles installed...
As an alternative, I might suggest also checking out Hurricane - which are a little step up from BB, but still not as good as the top names (It's in the consistent quality of the steel) but to be honest, nothing really wrong with the Benjamins Best tools, especially on a budget - And if you have not used a particular tool before, take it from me, you're far better off buying the cheaper version of the tool first - if you end up finding you don't care for it (maybe you prefer another type of tool instead, etc.) you're not going to be $100 out of pocket , and you can take that cheaper tool and save it back, perhaps regrind it into something else (negative rake scraper? Tenon scraper? Captive Ring scraper?) that you may or may not find yourself enjoying using... Then once you know you like the tool and use it enough that you eventually have ground/sharpened it to end of life, by that time you may have enough wood chips under the belt to want to get a Thompson or Sorby or Crown...