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I use a 4.5mm TMB Planetary eyepiece on my Orion 4" tabletop. It's great, not quite as nice as my Hyperions but no disappointment either, especially for the price. Only real complaint is the 4" is too bright for Jupiter, need to chuck on a filter to darken it enough to see detail, otherwise its just a large white disc!
I've been able to find Neptune too with my 8mm eyepiece so that's worth a shot. Uranus should be easier (been waiting for clear skies to go hunting for it). It's also a fun exercise in star hopping and orienting yourself to the eyepiece and a starmap. The image is inverted in my EP so it takes a bit of extra care to star hop with my charts. Start with the widest field EP you have and work from there. It's a great way to learn about whats what and get an idea of what on your star chart you can see with which eyepiece and most importantly the scale on the chart compared to your field of view in the eyepiece.
Scorpius is really great with some amazing clusters, I haven't tired of looking around there and its a good place to orient yourself from. I guess once I learn other constellations better the sky will become more familiar to me and easier to use other constellations as jump points too.
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