I've tried all sorts of scopes over a period of 30 years, and I now have a 90mm apo refractor, and love it! No maintenance, easy to set up and wonderful views, and manageable for my ageing body.
The best scope I ever owned was an A-P 155EDT refractor, and I would back it for image quality against anything-the most perfect scope I ever had the privilege to look through.
People say small refractors are limited in what you can observe, but they are not taking into account its advantage over any other design of scope-contrast. I find I can see a huge range of objects from my heavily light polluted backyard because of that superior contrast.
