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Improved speed and confidence will come over time...
Depending on how you handle your scope and how big your mirror is will help determine how often you will need to collimate and which adjustmetns you need to make.
Generally speaking, the bigger the mirror the more often it will need to be collimated...like wise the rougher you handle it the more often you will likely need realignment.
For me, not being very mechanically minded and not having much confidence in my knowledge I was very glad that I purchased my scope at Bintel...as I mentioned earlier, they walked me through the process in their shop with a scope similar to mine...
To me this was well worth the diference in price...
While I can not claim to be an "expert" I am gaining proficiency...it just takes time.
Another tool that I think you find helpful in collimation is a cheshire collimating eyepiece...there are several brands...I have the Orion
Some people are advocates of laser collimation and I am sure that this has advantages too but, from what I have read (I do not have a laser collimator) they can some times be out of collimation themselves! So simply using the laser may not be sufficient...
In all cases with a little patience over time as you get more familiar with the task your speed and accuracy will improve...
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