kinda depends. it is somewhat time intensive, but for me, i kind of like that. i'm only on my first grow, but just from my little experience with lst, it's really good at keeping the overall height of the plant down; so if that's an issue, i'd go with lst. otherwise, i feel like it's not worth all the time of tying them down..if i had more height to work with, i'd top/fim and/or do a scrog. that's just me though.