Here, and on other brewing forums, my advocation of employing a staggered NAS has been met with various degrees of reluctance, doubt, and replies such as "it takes too much effort" or "it's too much trouble".
Although I have been advocating these methods since 2003, some brewers have effectively considered them to be unnecessary or too demanding, to follow. During the past seven years, people like Ken Schramm, Drs. Clayton Cone & Kris England have supported the need for the use of staggered nutrients, and in some cases have even developed their own variation.
While it is a personal choice whether one adopts the practice, you have to ask yourself why known leaders in home are brewing now using SNAs. There must be some benefit to it. The fact is there is, and each time a new brewer thanks me for introducing them to SNAs, I am pleased that I was able to help...
Please note that this comment is not intended to be a personal attack; as everyone is entitled to their opinion. Yet, I feel there is the need to show that the use of SNAs is beneficial and not some empty notion. To illustrate this point, I refer you to:
Honey Otimization (Ken Schramm, Nov/Dec 2005 -Zymurgy, pgs 21-25). Note that this article was written 2 years following my introduction of this practice to the mead community on the
BrewBoard.