I'll chime in with my first use experience today as well...
PC was my birthday present this year, today I got to put her to use.
worked on the car from 1pm-7ish, (getting over cold, slow going today)
wash (NXT)
wheels were bad, but I had waxed them before, just wipe cleaning
clay entire car
PC whole car with SSR2.5,
Sonus Orange pad, 5-6speed
Was a fun experience, although long for my first time. I did the entire hood going at one speed, then got to a quarter panel and remembered to increase the speed at the end. 6 speed with SSR2.5 was the final step I needed to get the polish to go translucent right before it started to flake. I redid the hood, but it was near dark when I finished.
still have a couple more steps to do tomorrow:
want to do another pass with SSR1 to cut some of the haze I saw was left with the 2.5
Seal with EX
then LSP with Blue Nattys.
Hopefully I have time for pics to show off my back-breaking first timers' labor!