Interested in opinions from anyone who has a rear maxle on a Alpine / 5 / Blood etc and who regularly takes the rear wheel off etc?

Tested one today and bike was great but it seemed to me to be slightly more faff than necessary to take the rear wheel in and out or is that just me being not used to it?

Can be used to it… i found mine 100times better than a QR.
Just make sure you drop it in the lowest gear and pull the wheel back into the frame.

ive had mine for 6 months or so and i really like it. it might be a bit of a faff till you get used to it and anyone who takes my whel off comments as such but ive either gotten better at it or used to it. back when i had a qr rear wheel i broke a hub at the point where it sits in the dropouts, snapped a couple of decent skewers and pulled my wheel out of the dropout on one side a few times so i like the security and peace of mind it brings.

No trickier than a Q/R, after a few go's you get the knack and now i'd say it's preferable in use to a Q/R, especially the new maxle version.