Wait, 14 hours down to 40 minutes? That is nuts for one tool. The part about the tip getting wrecked if you stack too thick is rough though, one wrong move and there goes your 200 bucks. Sounds like the smaller one is doing the job fine, so unless you are drowning in orders I would just keep using what works.

Four putts from one green isn't bad luck, that's a pin placement that shouldn't exist on a 68 yard hole. A bonus hole should be a fun little gimme, not a tricked out green where you pray to two putt. Whoever cut that pin knew exactly what they were doing.

Buddy in Nampa buffed his out with a $20 DA polisher from Harbor Freight.