EvilZone

Ultimately the choice is yours to make. From a professional perspective, WiFi Pineapple really offers no legitimate use. All of the alleged benefits are a matter of convenience at best. There is nothing that "custom hardware and scripts"  can do for you that you already can't do on your own and for free. If anything, this may deprive you of the actually experience and knowledge needed to perform these tasks on your own.


My advice would be, if you have a legitimate interest in the subject, don't do yourself the disservice. If you however, have any other motives  or don't want to learn the fundamentals than this would be the right choice.