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My observing area at home is all cement, so I am very conscious of what can happen to an eyepiece when it hits a hard surface, and am accordingly very very careful. The bigger the eyepiece the harder they fall, as they say.
I understand that there are only 2 eyepience vendors who will service their products - good old Al Nagler and Greg Speers of Antaries. So my eyepience case is filled with Televue green and Antaries red, despite the cost. I think the lifetime warranty and after sales support make the very painful and wallet crunching extra cost well worth it.
After all, you only need 3 eyepieces and maybe a barlow to cover the a reasonable magnification range for any given scope. You don't need any more as you are not going to play chess with them.
I have heard stories about one very major vendor and their eyepieces that make me not want to buy their product, despite their being quite nice eyepieces. Which shows how it takes only one or two unhappy customers to give a company a bad reputation.
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