I don't understand your concerns with HLSH adjustables. If you have bodyshift, then you can adjust the height of your car without compromising spring compression. You won't be adjusting height often so once that's set, that's it.
Then adjusting the absorber Hard/Soft is simple. Mine's just a matter of turning a knob that's easily accessible on the top of the car (in the engine and throw the rear speaker hole. If you have the more advanced ones that comes with a controller, you can adjust it from the comfort of your drivers seat.
And just because they're adjustables doesn't mean it's not comfortable. Don't choose overly aggressive hard springs la. Comfort springs for a Corolla like yours probably 5k front 3.5k rear? Or 6k front 4k rear?
Just make sure you buy high/low/soft/hard. Hi/lo isn't what you want.
And comfort is very relative. Whether you use Pedders, or APM or whatever, if in the end it's too uncomfortable, then you're stuck with those absorbers until you spend more money changing them. At least adjustables are.... adjustable.
But ultimately if you're looking for comfort and rarely or never drive aggressively, stock is the best.