Same with me: clipping can be painfully slow. Plus, there is one thing that really annoys me: if I don't wait for the confirmation message that a page has been clipped, that page may NOT show as saved when I open the desktop app; when clipping things quickly because I'd be returning to them later, I didn't always wait for the notification, in hopes the process was being completed in the background, so I assume I've lost many clippings all along.
I also have Pocket installed; it's a pleasure to use — fast and consistent. My reason for using Evernote was I can keep things organized in Notebooks, but I'm tempted to abandon it and rely solely on Pocket's tag system.
