Congrats on both. I'm a bit of a Yaesu fan.
FT-101E (Dad's old "Boat Anchor", and the one I played on as a kid)
FT-950
FT-450at
FT-857d
FT-60 (x2)
I've never had an issue with any of them and would guess that HT will work great. Do you have active 2m/440 repeaters in your area and are we gonna' know your callsign?