Owning both a HxC and a Gotek I'm using the Gotek more. I like the LCD on he HxC though, just didn't like converting ADFs all the time.
Although at the time the HxC was the only real option that I could find.
Use to have the HxC installed in my A1200 case and it looked really good. But my A1200 is in a tower now so don't use the floppy that much anymore.
The A500 plus has the Gotek, but it also has an A590 with a SCSI card reader which gets used more as CFCard/HDDs are more useful :-)
Might sell the HxC, tempted to look at the Mist though :-)