When faced with the same situation, I opted for a set of Japanese chisels. I find you can pretty much hammer the cr*p out of them if necessary and they retain their edge for a very long time

Right now, all my chisels are sharpened with a primary bevel of 30 degrees; then a secondary bevel of about 2 or so degrees more. I took a class from a well-known woodworker/hand tool expert on sharpening and he informed the class that he sharpens all his tools at about that angel; give or take a degree or two; anywhere close to 30. After that, I just decided that there was no advantage to a lesser angle. For low angle planes, I do sharpen at whatever the original angle was (25 degrees), but my chisels all now get the same angle. I haven't really noticed that paring is a problem at that angle. The most important thing is that they are sharp.

@Edward A Reno III  Here is a link to a Popular Woodworking article or blog from Christopher Schwarz which provides his sharpening philosophy for chisel and plane iron angles:

http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/chris-schwarz-blog/about-my-love-of-35

I feel there are reasons to sharpen low angle plane blades at 25 degrees, since that is what they were sharpened at whey purchased. However, I don't see any real need to sharpen chisels and other plane blades at anything buy one single angle, with a secondary bevel 2 degrees. If Christopher Schwarz does it, I guess it's good enough for me. Anyway, the most important thing seems to be that the tools are as sharp as you can get them.

I just sharpened a set of PMV-11 chisels a couple of months ago.  At first I started with the 25 degree bevel and made the microbevel 27 degrees.  Then I read a writeup from @derekcohen and changed the microbevel to 30 degrees.  When I'm ready to regrind, I'll regrind to something just less than 30 degrees and continue with the 30 degree microbevel - seems to work well.

Buck Brothers!  I still have a couple of those for when I do site work and have to do something stupid and ill advised.  And a Buck Brothers plane blade was also how I first started practicing my sharpening skills...Those blades are thin enough to be cabinet shims.

@derekcohen
Are you currently hollow grinding your chisels at 30 degrees on the wheel, and then doing the sideways freehand sharpening on the stones for a microbevel at the same 30 degrees?  I think I read that in one of your articles, but I know you have updated your techniques over time.
  The reason I ask is that I bought a Tormek a few weeks ago but have not had time to try it out and have no experience with hollow grinding.
   I have a set of the lower priced Fujikawas that I initially ground at a straight 25 degree bevel with no microbevel, and one in particular kept chipping.  I thought it was maybe my lack of skill, but I am going to try using the Tormek and change to the 30 degrees and see if it helps.  I also recently purchased a few of the Veritas chisels and want to try and get it figured out before doing anything to them.  I do have a few Home Depot buck brothers and will probably practice on those first.

In my experience, NAREX has been making excellent chisels.

I have 2 Narex Richter chisels (1" and 3/8"). The Richter series as the ones that receive cryogenic treatment.
According to Narex:  "Following initial hardening, cryogenic treatment is performed which cools the steel down  to −190° C (-310° F) using liquid nitrogen. This alters the mechanical properties of the steel at the molecular level greatly increasing its strength, toughness and wear resistance."

The Narex Richter Chisels arrived sharp (I did not feel they needed any sharpening or honing). I do not subject them to hard core use, but so far I am impressed with how they keep the edge. Each chisel came with its own black plastic cover that fits the edge very well and protects it in storage.

I also have 1 Narex Paring chisel (1/2" wide). I bought it because I needed a long chisel to reach into difficult-to-reach corners of a project I was working in. The blade length of this chisel is 245mm (9-1/2) In my subjective judgment, when arrived, this chisel was slightly sharper than the Narex Richter chisels. This chisel, too, was sold with a plastic edge cover. So far it has demonstrated an excellent ability to keep the edge sharp.

 From using them I concluded that if I need other sizes, Narex Richter is at the very top of my list.