I saw two things that lost a lot of fish for people: Moving the rod back and forth between hands, and not having the reel engaged when they needed to set the hook on a fast-biting fish. Neither of these effects me because my rod never leaves the chosen hand, and the reel is engaged unless I press down on the thumb-bar. These are immensely important in not missing fish in my opinion. As we flip to hundreds of targets near and far, we are constantly adjusting our line extension. With or without a flipping switch, we press the thumb-bar to get more line. With a flipping switch, once enough line is payed out, I simply let go of the thumb-bar and I'm back in action. But, an angler without a flipping switch must now get the reel engaged again. He's holding the rod in one hand, and holding the line extension in the other hand. What hand will he be using to engage the reel's drivetrain? (while I've already flipped the bait and set the hook on another fish). THAT, my friend, is the bottom line of why I don't flip without a flipping switch!

You're assuming that everyone changes hands to pitch which isn't the case. If my hand is back on the handle before my bait hits the water then there's really no chance any bites are going to be "too quick."

The flipping switch is interesting but sure not for everyone. I'd encourage the OP to fish with one before you purchase one. You are going make sacrifices later if you require that to flip and pitch with.

Diawa has some great products out with their new T Wing System and Abu has great models like the Revo STX at a reasonable cost. You can get a gear ratio between 7 and 8 and get those fish up and out in a hurry without losing too much power.

To get good at pitching just takes time and tons of practice. Use your high end stuff for distance casting and finesse tactics.... Any decent reel will do for flipping and pitching.

You are the one assuming something I did not write. I said I have seen fish lost due to a rod being switched between hands. I never said EVERYONE does that. I can actually say that if I saw it at all, even just once, without it being a reason 100% of the time, which it wasn't. It certainly will eventually bite anyone who does switch hands. In the course of the next 5000 flips, I bet you don't get your hand to the handle before the lure enters the water all 5000 times.....you will mess up at some point because no human is that mechanically perfect in voluntary movement. It seems as there's a fad of thinking of a flipping switch as something a "real man" would never use; it always seems to stir the pot.

The OP asked about flipping reels, and you started a discussion of pitching, skill, and practice, which is nothing that was asked about, btw.

You are the one assuming something I did not write. I said I have seen fish lost due to a rod being switched between hands. I never said EVERYONE does that. I can actually say that if I saw it at all, even just once, without it being a reason 100% of the time, which it wasn't. It certainly will eventually bite anyone who does switch hands. In the course of the next 5000 flips, I bet you don't get your hand to the handle before the lure enters the water all 5000 times.....you will mess up at some point because no human is that mechanically perfect in voluntary movement. It seems as there's a fad of thinking of a flipping switch as something a "real man" would never use; it always seems to stir the pot.

The OP asked about flipping reels, and you started a discussion of pitching, skill, and practice, which is nothing that was asked about, btw.