Bilsteins, and other monotube nitrogen charged shocks, are pretty much self adjusting. That's why they aren't "10 stage" or "9 settings" etc. They self adjust and react to the amount of force they get with the correct amount of dampening. Hence all the fancy valves and seals and such inside of them. There's a reason a Bilstein HD costs $60 and the Monroe, Gabriel, etc shocks cost $29.99 or whatever else they charge for them.
Run Bilsteins or any of the other big name shocks and you'll never bother with adjustable shocks.
Note that none of the rock racing, rock crawling, desert racing, mud racing, etc champion class vehicles run Rancho, ProComp, etc adjustable shocks...other than the teams that are sponsored by those companies.
That said...if you're on a budget like most of us...Rough Country does have some good shocks. Check into their Nitro 9000's. Nitrogen charged MONOTUBES going for about $34 from JCWhitney and available for a multitude of applications. Think of them as the poorman's Bilstein. I've run them and had good luck with them. Won't last as long and aren't quite as finely tuned as Bilsteins but won't set you back what a Bilstein 5100 or 5150 will.