One of the most time consuming aspects of editing videos for me is removing silence. I tend to create an outline for a video which I refer to as I record but inevitably have to think as I go which leads to pauses. It can dramatically increase the length of a video and I try to keep mine as short as I can.
I capture an average of two to three times the length of a finished video in raw footage that I then need to edit down. The editing process can take many hours depending on the amount of footage. Anything I can do to reduce that time is huge, not only in time saved but in reducing fatigue and overall making the process much less taxing and enjoyable (this is supposed to be fun!).