I've been very pleased with Divided D76H. I've only used it with HP5 in 120 size (great negatives) but I think it'll be nice in 35mm as well. If you want low to moderate contrast film this is a good answer. The negatives scan quite well. For very narrow range scenes other developers may be better. (I use Xtol)(posted 8254 days ago)I mix it by table spoon measure. For one liter or quart of each: Start with 120 degree F distilled water, part A is 1 tsp of Metol, 6 of Sodium Sulfite, part B is 6 tsp Sodium Sulfite, 1.25 tsp Borax. 5-7 minutes in each bath, no stop in between. I doubt that I would ever use my Jobo for this - but you could. Its just so easy to do it by hand. By the time I set up my Jobo I can have hand processed film in the washer.
OTOH, Xtol works very well and a 5 liter package is cheap. Buy a set of brown glass pint bottles, mix your chemistry with distilled water and fill them to the top. If you use it 1:3 all the time you might even store it in smaller bottles - like 125ml - and its already premeasured for 500ml of working solution. My last batch of Xtol is 5 months old and still fine.I'm down to the last bottle now. I think the key is proper storage. Small bottles keep better because of less exposure to air. Glass is better than plastic for the same reason.
If you like Xtol, don't worry about throwing it away if you think its too old. A 5 liter pack is so cheap that you could use it for 1-2 months, toss it and start over with a new batch. I don't like to waste anything but when I look at the cost of a 5 liter bag of Xtol spread over a short period of photography its just not very expensive. If you only processed 10 rolls of film it cost about a $.70 a roll!