I keep hitfinder running all day.
it's relatively new, but the reason I like it is for the logging feature.
you can leave it running for a while, and you'll be able to see everything that's been listed.
I honestly barely use the active portion of the hitfinder, the top part.
I go through the logged hits, see which ones I want to set pandas for
..I do not feel rushed
I do, however, still use hitscraper.
I use hitscraper when searching for keywords, instead of using mturk directly
the reason I don't use mturk directly is because I like being able to control how many options I see
and the 'hide infeasible' and 'correct for skips' options
I also use hitscraper when I run a search for highest reward, so that I can leave hitfinder searching for latest posted
but I don't leave hitscraper running - between hitfinder running on worker.mturk and pandacrazy...
I don't want to receive a lot of PREs, nor do I want to have a lot of scripts enabled