Do I need Toast?

I'm on a Mac running OSX 10.6.8. I've just received a special offer form Other World Computing to buy Toast 11 Pro for $49, but I have to decide by the end of April just a few days away. I was put off buying Toast last year when I purchased the Adobe Master Suite because of many poor reviews on Amazon, and because a cursory look at the Encore PDF suggested I would be able to burn Blu-rays from there. But, I've noticed a few comments in this forum saying that people don't use Encore's burning capabilities because the burn speed can't be varied.
I'm a complete novice to Premiere and Encore, working my way through the Premiere manual but not having touched Encore yet. So I need some guidance from experienced users. Given that as far as Blu-ray disks are concerned I will only be burning videos, not data, and that I'm using a Mac:
1. Is using the Blu-ray burning capabilites within Encore a reliable solution?
2. What are the pros of using Encore to burn a Blu-ray?
3. What are the cons of using Encore to burn a Blu-ray?
4. Does anyone using Encore use Toast, and what are the pros and cons?
5. Are there any other options for burning Blu-rays out of Premiere, other than Encore and Toast?

Thanks for the replies. I'll probably take this question to the Mac forums, but before I do I noticed this statement on p163 of the Encore PDF:
DVD Image or Blu-Ray Image  Builds a Blu-ray or DVD image on your hard drive. The image is typically used for local replication by using a third-party mastering application.
The image file they talk about seems to be an ISO file.
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Is an ISO file of a Premiere project just like a king-size ordinary file, like tiff or aiff, that can be burned to a Blu-Ray disk by virtually any burning software? Or does an ISO file have special characteristics which require specialist handling when burning?
What I'm getting around to is this: Mac has inbuilt burning software. I've never used it to burn, but this site has instructions (and similarly here).
Burn the Disc Image with OSX Disk Utility
Do a spotlight search for Disk Utility and launch the app
Pop in a blank blu ray disc
Click burn
Navigate to the folder containing your ISO file and choose it
click burn
Don’t skip the verification process, it usually catches errors
Given that both sites are tertiary education sites, I assume the process works.
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Anyone had experience with this technique?

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