I've always liked IGHs but mostly in the abstract. They promise so much, but they are so far from perfect, as these testimonies show. 3-speed hubs are reliable and easy to work with. Removing and replacing the wheel is easy, at least for me. But the gears are much too far apart for my taste, so it ends up being a 1- or 2-speed hub for me. Even 5-speed hubs have this problem for me. 8-speed and higher hubs are complex and finicky and are very hard to work on. They don't have the low maintenance advantages that 5-speed and 3-speed hubs have.

Derailleurs are light and cheap by comparison, and it's easy to customize gearing.