Hi there!
Yes, I own Acronis True Image 2014 and it worked really well to clone my hard drive over when I got my new SSD drive! I never really used it as a backup program though, even though it had that functionality built in. I wanted to use Acronis again but its not compatible with Linux OS. So I too decided to go with Redo Backup and I am glad I did. I like its simplistic design and its GUI interface is easy to operate, like you, I was done in about 4 clicks, pretty awesome stuff. And like you said, the real test is how well it does in restoring your computer. Sounds like in your case, Redo did an excellent job restoring, which puts me at an ease of mind. If you are interested, please read my post here about it!
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