Well, I am natural and I wear my hair in a twist-out 95% of the time. This is my go to style, it can be fun, funky, glam, all depending on how I style the twist out.
I have gotten great retention by wet twisting my hair every two weeks and I believe it is do to low manipulation, more than any other factor. I do not retwist my hair at night or anything, I just sleep in my satin cap and fluff in the morning with my fingers.
I enjoy my twist outs so much, I can see this being my "go to" routine/style for several years. Anything else will just be to try something different.
As long as I keep on with my low manipulation styling routine (and of course DCing, protein with washes as needed), I believe I can continue to get great retention and not have to sacrifice being able to have my hair "out" because I do love to show off my tresses!