I can not comment on any of the EXACT models you mentioned but a relative at about this time last year went out and bought an Epson ET2500 (a couple of models lower down the chain than the ET2650 you mention). SO very similar. They got it (from memory) on some special offer for something like £120-150.
Here is some info about their ET2500 which may help your decision...
INK...
They print quite a lot (or what i call a lot) a few pages of text per day and maybe a 4-5 pictures per week. They are still using the original ink which came with the device (70ml bottles) the lowest last time i visited it was about 1/4-1/3 full. It will last you ages unless you are a hardcore printer user, its lasted them as good as a year. Or to put it into perspective each refill ink in the ETxxxx printer equates to about 4-5 carts worth from your MG6350 and IP7250.
SPEED...
In terms of speed and real life rather than specification from manufacturers their ET2500 is probably a hair slower than my old Canon MP610 (though i have not timed them both) and more than likely very similar to your MG6350 as that is only slightly slower than my MP610 in real life also. Unless you are really fussy or plan to sit their with a stopwatch
i doubt you will notice any real difference in speed between new Epson ET2xxx and your old printers. Its going to be a few seconds faster or slower at most per page. Printers in the £150-300(ish) mark in my experience all print to similar real life speed none are going to be stupidly quicker or slower over another.
NOISE...
Their ET2500 is pretty darn quiet, makes an initial whirl (even this is not loud compared to some) on power on and is pretty silent after that, does not make a racket when taking a sheet of paper like my MP610 sometimes does and does not make noise like a food blender when the head goes back to the park position like my MP610 and your MG6350 does now and then.
SOFTWARE...
This is obviously subjective and personal taste but i prefer the software drivers etc (this is for windows) on Canon devices of your MG6350 and my MP610 ilk (which is basically the same interface). The Epsons ETxxxx series is fine, and not massively different, you will not have trouble using it, layout is similar... but in places (to me personally) it does not not feel as refined and ive found it can be fussy as to saving settings you make in the interface.
An example if you are using certain software and click file, print setup (or similar) and tell it to do photo for quality rather than draft it will do it fine for that print job but you have to set it again from draft to photo on the next print out/job. It can be solved by going to the config DIRECT via the Epson shortcuts/taskbar and then it will save what you choose. It does not happen on all programs, common ones like MS Word etc its fine its more obscure software which seems to have this issue, why i dunno. A tad annoying at first but you soon get used to it and its not a deal breaker IMO.
PRINT QUALITY
Tough to judge, my Canon MP610, your MG6350 and other canons of similar range/price/spec i would say (or my eyes think it) print with more saturation than their ET2500, colour looks like it has been applied heavier to the page to make things more vivid, (this can be a good or bad thing depending on what you are printing) particularly on draft and standard settings. Think of it as the difference between looking at a pastel shade of colour over a denser/heavier colour. If you print something with both printers set to photo options/mode and its very similar and much harder to tell which printer did what image.
When you look at side by sides in terms of detail and sharpness its basically a dead heat (sure there are tiny differences like any printer side by side but you have to look for it rather than it standing out). Neither is better, sometimes one printer does a slightly better job than the other on one print while the next the opposite printer may win.
WOULD I BUY A ET2xxx SERIES?
Oh the loaded gun at my head question.... For the right price yes,
the ET2650 in the UK which you mention at Currys is currently £149.99 as a special "Black tag" offer here...
https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/compu...one-wireless-inkjet-printer-10157854-pdt.html
(probably the same type of deal my relative got last year on their ET2500) For all purposes its not much difference spec wise to their ET2500 and for the price it is definitely worth the money. I personally think you get a great everyday printer for sensible money at that price.
Where my opinion would start to change is on the higher range and the price of them, EG an ET4500 costs £270 at currys here in the UK, at about that price is when i would seriously start to look around to see if that model and others in the range such as the ET2750 and ET3750 (which are £300 and £400 respectively at currys) were worth it or if something with better specs, functions i would like was available.
