ACMS,
I don't think anyone can tell you what YOU should be getting because it's such a subjective thing.
I don't doubt that the folks who say don't go multifocals have problems with them, but I don't. So my recommendation based on my experience is that they're great.
I use Hoya lenses because the optometrist said that they have the widest (lateral) field of view in multifocal lenses. Is this true? I don't know, it could be the optometrical equivalent of Airbus v Boeing. But on my 4th pair now, I've not had any problems adjusting and find them excellent.
The time I did try bi-focals, I couldn't get past the delineation between the two focal lengths and the subsequent bluring when I looked through the wrong lens. Yet with the multi-focals, and no delineating line, my brain/eyes have just naturally adapted and I automatically look with the subject in focus.
Welcome to spectacle world.