From personal experience Hans, I couldn't agree more. The questions/critisism that has been expressed about carbon masts mostly seems to be "theoretical" coming from people without any personal experience/use of masts made from carbon - a little like someone talking "expertly" about "the joy of sex" without having experienced it.
After you sail for a while with a carbon mast, I don't think that you would ever go back to aluminium, even if it is just for the comparitive ease of stepping it, let alone for the other "joyous" characteristics from it under sail compared to aluminium