jon3619 wrote:. i like the durability of them and also you can turn sharper (like they are more stable)
That's a bit contradictory - the faster you can turn the less stable the steering. However, at your price point the handling of the bike is a bit of a lottery, especially if you want a real MTB rather than a look-a-like...all sorts of compromises need to be made to get it that cheap. A road race bike, BMX, jump bike, etc will all turn a lot 'sharper' than a trad XC bike. A road tourer or a hybrid may be more stable.
jon3619 wrote:i also dont like the look of hybrid bikes.
TBH, the term 'hybrid' covers a multitude of bike types - anything from an old school MTB to a fast road race bike with flat bars. If you are using an XC MTB on the road, and make some adjustments to it such that is is better suited for that purpose (e.g. slick tyres, bar ends, guard, etc) then you are basically going to have something that falls under the broad church of what is commonly termed 'hybrid' anyway - but you will have paid more because you will have had to get the extras.
jon3619 wrote:i hybrid really much better on roads?
As already hinted at - it's not so much whether it's a hybrid or an MTB, but whether it has been set up for road use and how much it has cost you to get there. Your standard mtb today will come with knobbly tyres (really slow you down on the road - better to put slicks on), front suspension (adds weight and more maintenance, not to mention the 'bob' you get going up hills, plus at this price point they don't work that well anyway - better to have a rigid fork for road work as it will make riding easier and faster), perhaps rear suspension (see previous comments and multiply by 10), and in many cases no mounts for a rack or mud guards (which you may not think that you want until you start riding in the bad weather or need to lug loads around). We also have the issue of disc brakes - good disc brakes are great but at this price point you can't guarantee that you'll get good ones. Bad disc brakes can be much worse than the equivalently priced V brakes.
One option would be to buy second hand as it will allow you to get a lot more bike for your money, but given that many MTBs have hard lives with lots of crashes, i would not recommend this unless you have someone with some experience in this sort of thing to have a look at bikes for you.
So bottom line - an Mtb can be perfectly adequate for road riding with a few changes, but thse changes will cost you more money. It may be that you can get a bike that has a tough MTB type frame but that comes ready fitted with these changes (and that bike will normally be sold as a 'hybrid' ). I guess you have to ask yourself -exactly how much off road will you be doing, and at what level, and does this justify starting from an MTB?