Hi Doug,
I too can recommend the GSO Superveiws if you are on a tight budget. I have the 15mm & 30mm and both are excellent for their price. I haven't used the 42mm, but from what I've read it is also a good performer for the price. Excellent eye relief, and 68deg AFOV with the 15mm, 20mm and 30mm. The 42mm and 50mm are a little narrower in AFOV, but still good.
They are not of the same quality as the Panoptics, but you can also do a whole lot worse for even more money than these Superviews. I've tried many other EPs around the 30 - 40mm mark, and the Superviews are definately NOT amoungst the worst performers. You won't be disappointed with these.
You can find these at their best price at Andrews Communications. Look under the GSO banner:
http://andrewscom.com.au/site-section-10.htm
There are other cheaper GSO eyepieces there too, but the Superviews are the better ones.
Note also that the 50, 42 & 30mm Superviews are also 2" eyepieces.
Mental.