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Hello Grahame,
In my opinion, you will get a lot more out of any potential future eyepiece upgrades if you first spend the time to gain observing experience with what you have.
Given this is your first scope, I would highly recommend you put off any eyepiece upgrades until you have at least 6-12 months observing experience with the eyepieces that came with the scope. You need time at the eyepiece to train your eyes to tease out faint detail, to understand what is possible with low-medium-high magnifications, how the image dims as magnification increases, the differing fields of view, the effect of the moon and other light sources on dim objects, judging what DSO's are going to be visible through your scope etc.
But perhaps most importantly you need to gain experience observing in different seeing conditions (atmospheric conditions) so that you can properly distinguish between the effects of poor and good seeing conditions when assessing your observing outcomes.
Without all of this experience, trying to make sense of the many varying suggestions for eyepiece upgrades will be difficult as Gary has found. The many suggestions you see on this forum will be well meaning but made from the perspective of their personal preferences and experience. There is no one fits all answer to this. Spending more money without some experience under your belt is unlikely to deliver the results you are looking for in the short term.
So, my advice in these situations is to take two aspirins, lie down and wait for the urge to pass.
Can you find a nearby observing group, other interested observers nearby where you can try other eyepieces to help you build your experience?
Cheers
Steve
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