Anyone care to comment please?

[Yorkie]

I'd recommend as simple a scope as you can get for your needs, because the fewer the facilities and the less the complexity, the less likelihood of faults occurring, and the better the chance of being able to sort it yourself.

That's why I favour Hameg (Now part of the Rhodes and Schwartz Group). They're nicely made, not too bulky, are generally reliable and well regarded. I've got a Hameg 203-7, which is widely available as in its day it was the biggest selling scope in Europe, used in service Depts, schools, colleges, universities and so forth. 20 MHz analogue, dual trace, with a built-in component tester and calibrator. (Mine gives a good trace up to 30 MHz).

I got one on e-bay for under £70.00 which was like new, but sadly was damaged in transit so had to go back for a refund. The second one I 'won' on e-bay was only sixty miles away so I collected it, and took some leads and a waveform generator with me to check that it was working and to avoid damage in transit. A good job I did as it wasn't working when I tested it! The guy who was selling it was non-technical, so had just assumed that because it 'lit up' it worked. He was profusely apologetic, and said 'keep it for nothing'. I couldn't do that so I gave him a tenner and said if I got it working, I'd send him some more money. I did get it working, so sent him another £35.00 as I recall. (I posted info about the repairs on the forum).

Hameg manuals are excellent and free to download from their website, though you need both the English manual and also the German/Spanish or whatever, the latter of which has the PCB layout and component overlay, but for some reason, the English language manuals don't. (There are also Hameg manuals on the forum to download).

Something like a Hameg 203-7 on e-bay in excellent condition and good working order should cost no more than £75.00. They're commonplace, so often crop up.

Personally, I avoid like the plague equipment which is more complex than my needs, which means that Tek and the like are strictly out of bounds. Too much of that stuff uses long since obsolete custom chips. Much of it is heavy and bulky, and frankly, from what I've read in some posts elsewhere, in the hands of the inexperienced, they often can't even be sure if it's working right, and they don't know how to use it or set the controls, so don't know if it's malfunctioning. (Why would a hobbyist want a 100 MHz digital storage scope apart from 'pride of ownership'?)

Scopes don't travel well, so if at all possible, best to buy on a 'test and collect' basis.

Just a few ramblings, which I hope might help a bit.

Best of luck in your quest.