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There is no one "best" choice for cloth diapering. I use not only several different brands but several different styles depending on what my needs are. What you want depends on your preferences. Do you want a cloth diaper that essentially works like a disposable? If so, you may want a pocket diaper (Fuzzibunz or BumGenius are examples) or an All In One (AIO, BumGenius Elementals or Itti Bitti D'Lish AOI are examples). If you don't mind doing a little more assembly work then an All In Two or Snap In One (Itti Bitti Tutto and GroVia are examples) might be a good choice. Maybe you want the smallest investment and don't mind using a cover then I'd suggest you look at prefolds and covers.
Since you are overwhelmed then my suggestion is two things: 1) go to a local store that sells cloth diapers (not just BRU or Target that carry GroVia or gDiapers but one that carries a variety of styles and brands) and talk to them. Likely, they may have a cloth diapering class or just a well-informed salesperson that can help introduce you to and let you handle the different diapers and can talk to you about pros and cons. 2) one of my favorite resources is Dirty Diaper Laundry. She has a section of her site for people that are new to cloth diapers (http://dirtydiaperlaundry.com/cloth-diaper-information/) and lots of videos.

To answer the last part of your question, obviously I use them and I absolutely love using them. Even my husband likes them as well as my daycare. I've been using them since day 3 once all the meconium was past. I use pockets, snap-in-ones (SIOs), and fitteds with covers. My personal favorites in each type right now (it has changed over time due to how my baby fits different things as he grows and how they wear over time) are the following: Fuzzibunz One Size (the new version is the Elite) for a pocket diaper, Itti Bitti D'Lish SIO (I wish I had more of these but can't justify it since I have so many pockets), and Thirsties Fab Fitteds with a Blueberry Coverall. Those are my go-to cloth diapers.

In the beginning since my son was EBF, we just washed every other day, no special extra steps. Once he started solids we spray with a diaper sprayer when poop is involved, spritz each diaper and insert with Bac-Out and then toss in the pail liner until wash day (3x per week for us).

@Rosie Girl: It was like that for me too. I understand, it's scary! I spent hundreds of dollars, and washed them so I couldn't just send them back if I didn't like them. I think I was extra determined to make it work because so many people told me that I wouldn't last cloth diapering.... and I knew that if I already spent the money I didn't have much of a choice so that would help me show them they were wrong!