I am using MEW and I really love it. All my custom tokens were added in the wallet without any delay or issues, I just love the simple look. And the steps to send ether or tokens are quite easy, but that's with most of the wallets.
You can never be sure what the future will bring, but the most promising one for the time being is Ethereum for sure. I'm sticking with it for now and I'm certainly a guy who doesn't want to take huge risks.
Ripple is definitely one for the long haul. If you see it drop back to the $0.2 mark, buy more and HODL. It will only be a matter of time before it hits the $0.5+ range.
I could not agree more, it should be "the next big thing" imho. I did not have any doubts when I bought my first ripple, and now I'm even more positive. HODL is what we do boys!