Chopping (again)

[Vehn]

From mike l.'s recent post in the mid stakes forum:

he (opponent in hand) doesnt chop of course (i do and i love tommy's policy of chopping all the way down to 3 players, that's my policy too now).

I'm wondering on if proponents of this style of chopping could expand a bit. In my current $8/$16 I will chop down to 5 players as the rake is pretty brutal, but will (hopefully) be playing $15/$30 soon. I have not decided yet whether I will chop at all. Any thoughts?