Hi Lilpud and welcome 
. I'm a huge fan of washable nappies - they are so easy and so little faff (and we live in a tiny flat, no tumble dryer, limited access to outside drying and we've never had problems with drying or smell or anything). There's loads of choice, so it would depend on what you're after, eg sized nappies are great for small babies, but then you have to buy bigger sizes as you move up so birth-to-potty options work out cheaper. All in ones or pocket nappies (like Bumgenius) are really easy to use, but have to be changed each time so you need more of them than if you use a two-part system & generate more washing...gosh, I could talk nappies all night!
Anyway, my advice would be try and get along to a nappuccino if you can. It's a demonstration of the different types of nappies available with the chance to handle them etc. I've actually run nappuccinos in the past and it's a great way to get questions answered etc.
There's often council incentives as well, so do check whether your council helps out with the cost (eg if you're in London then check out Real Nappies for London - where I live you get fifty four pounds towards the cost of nappies).
The nappy section on here has loads of info, as does cloth nappy tree and a really comprehensive website called twinkle on the web.
I personally use mostly Bumgenius - a really fast drying and easy to use pocket nappy as fast drying time was a huge factor for us (as no tumbledryer or airing cupboard) - and the Bumgenius Flip (a two part nappy, so an outer wrap and insert - if it's just wee you can just change the insert, so cut down on washing). The Flips are great for babies once they're on solids (not so good at containing the messy poos of babies who are still on milk only!). We got them because I really wanted them we were spending a month in the states visiting in-laws when DS was 9 months and they were perfect for traveling.
I also have some tots bots easyfits, some tots bots bamboozles (great for nighttime) and some bummis prefolds & wraps (great for the newborn stage). I'm looking forward to using them all again (as we mostly just stick to the bumgenius and flips as that's what we have most of).I also use washable wipes and have some washable liners but mostly use disposable liners.
Despite buying most of my nappies before DS was born, I used disposables for the first few weeks as a c-section meant laundry was tricky. I also use disposables for long car journeys/flying/camping or any other time when washables don't work for us.
If it helps, DH was really anti the idea of washables when I first broached it and now he's a total convert (as is my mum who honestly thought I was mad when I mentioned we were going to use them - she is still amazed by how far washables have come since the days of terries/nappy pins/plastic pants/boil washes she had with her 6 kids!).