You can't deny the usefulness of Trimpro machines but to me a good experienced trimmer with some good Fiskies is where its at. 4 hour pounds by hand are normal for me and my crew on good solid outdoor nugs. Thats only slightly slower than dude on the Spin Pro, but the quality of my hand trim is going to absolutely shit on any trim machine. At $150/lb I have had plenty of days where I made close to a thousand bucks (meaning 5+ pounds a day by hand). fdd if you have two or three people who are good with the scissors and you really trust then to me it would seem like a better investment to make sure your weed looks top notch, even if it costs you a bit more than the initial investment on the machine. This is just my opinion... and obviously its a biased one, what with me being a trimmer and all
If I had a big enough crop to have to worry about it, I might buy a Trimpro as well. Anyway, just my 2 cents (rant) on trimming machines
PS. I can't wait to see fdd's washing machine get put to use this year!