As suggested previously, attend a few starparties - especially with your 'scope. that way some nice fellow astronomers will allow you to try their EPs with your scope - A " Try before you buy" so to speak.
I have a skywatcher 8" scope, and I find my most used eyepiece is ( nomex underwear on ) a Vixen 8-24mm zoom plossl.
Being a zoom EP, it doesn't have as flat a field as a fixed length EP, and the contrast is also better with a fixed length EP. But for sheer convenience it is hard to beat.
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