Refractor vrs reflector war! Lol.
Here's my experience over the last 35 years.
My Best view of Saturn ever was with a 7" Maksutov Cassegrain. Closely followed by my home ground and slightly misfigured 39cm f5.4 Newtonian.
Best view of Jupiter was with my home ground slightly misfifured 39cm Newtonian. The Mak wasn't around at the time.
Second best view was with a home ground 8 inch F8.8 well figured mirror. I regret selling it.
My best view of any globular cluster was with the biggest telescope I've ever seen through, which is my 39cm. Aperture rules for globulars. I don't care how good the lens quality of the refractor is, with globulars aperture rules every single time.
My best view of most deep sky objects like nebula and galaxies, again aperture rules and so did my 39cm Newtonian.
My best view of the Moon.... to be honest I love the blinding, retina burning, overpoweringly bright view of the 39cm Newtonian. But when I don't want a headache a small refractor will do lol.
My best view of Halley's Comet was with binoculars.
My best view of Comet Hyakutake was with a 70mm refractor.
My best views of the Sun are coming from refractors.
My best wide field photos are from refractors.
Best closer-up for deep sky from large fast Newtonians.
Most convenient scopes to use, refractors and my 6 inch dobs.
I often wish I made a 10 inch F10 Newtonian for planetary use. I'm sure it would have given the best view out of the lot. But they are bit long lol.