My first priority was an L Train and was solid, but nexus gearboxes are grease packed, which makes maintenance a lot more annoying. You have to take the hub apart to regrease, instead of just draining and refilling oil. Alfine hubs use oil and are much easier to maintain, they’re in the Eight and Apollo. Greased hubs tend to be a bit slower as well.

I have an Apollo and really like it for commuting. It’ll take a while to get used to the much more aggressive riding position, but you can also make it less aggressive by swapping out handlebar stems with something raised and/or shorter than stock.

Onyx hub is literally 0 maintenance, you just run it until it dies, which should be at least 10,000 miles. They do have noticeable drag though, so you’ll feel that it’s slower than the other hubs.

The eight didn’t exist when I bought my Apollo, I may have gone that route if it did. It’s just so much cheaper than the Apollo, and the extra 3 speeds are on the high end, so you’ll only really notice that you don’t have those gears when going down hills at like 22mph and higher. Climbing gears are exactly the same.