Turbo trainer recommendations

I had my second and third ice related crashes on Saturday, having come off in January due to black ice and fracturing both wrists.  Luckily both were low speed this time around, so I’m fine other than a few sprains/bruises.

Turbo trainers have always been a point of contention in my house, my wife is (was) adament that I’m not allowed to bring bikes inside, and I’ve no suitable outside area like a garage for turbo usage.

After some “discussions” when I got home, I’ve got tentative go-ahead to pick up a turbo for when it’s cold/miserable out – rather than having to brave the elements.   This has been fairly heavily caveated however so I’ve got some semi-specific requirements to try to meet:

Set in stone:

– No bikes living inside the house over the winter, I’ll have to set it up each time I want to use it and then put it away again after.  Therefore something that is relatively easy to put up/down (no indexing deraileurs etc).

– Support for disc brakes (all my bikes have discs) – most likely I’ll use a 2017 Canyon Inflite for this though.

– Support for long-cage rear deraileurs (both bikes have 11-32 cassettes fitted)

Nice to haves:

– A smart trainer (if i’m going to buy one, it may as well have the power measurements and automatic resistance adjustment capabilities to get the most out of something like Zwift)

– Support for both thru-axles and QR

– Support for a MacBook (my PCs aren’t really located in a suitable place to use with a turbo)

Other considerations:

– Minimal disruption to my bikes, i.e. I’d prefer not to have to remove mudguards from my Canyon for example, so I can use it again outside without having to faff around too much.  Not the end of the world if I forego the outside world for a few months over the winter – but I’d prefer to have easy options.  I may find that I don’t use my winter bike in mudguard conditions if I get on with the turbo.

I know a lot of these are pointing towards a turbo that uses the existing rear wheel rather than a direct drive one – but everything I read suggests the direct drive ones are much “better”.  While cost is a consideration (as I’ve no idea whether I’ll get on with it yet!), it’s not my main deciding factor.  I could even pick up a cheap btwin bike for £2-300 if I had to as a permanent turbo bike – but again would prefer not too.

Suggestions welcome…