I used Acronis to move my system from a 1tb slow drive to a 160gb faster drive and had no issues at all. And, I'm not exactly a guru on that as it was my first time attempting it. Worked first time through without a hitch. The instructions were easy for me and walked me right through the process. I liked it, but again, I have nothing to compare it to. I did purchase the full version so that probably helped that I was able to do everything in one pass pretty much. I did have a little problem understanding what to format as what and it was a single boot system. I haven't made any images which after reading your experiences, I think I'll do that for all 3 rigs this weekend.
Thanks for the Review RC. Very good Information.