I've tried a few different skimmers over the last few years including eshopps,red sea,bubble magus and ended up with a mrc -2r recirculating skimmer ,it's extremely quiet,pulls out a ton of gunk,very reliable and not nearly as touchy sensitive as some of the ones I've seen.
Same basic principe as with the hydro and other recirculating skimmers just with with a larger motor ,... I think it's all going to boil down to your budget,your tank, where you want to install it wether it'll be in sump or out,overall footprint needed ,design features you like etc, there's a lot of good ones out there you just gotta push the right button for YOU.