Value of a Gear Ground Pickup

[Ginger Power]

There has been a lot of scattered discussion regarding the pros and cons of having a Gear ground pickup. Now that teams (hopefully) have started finalizing designs and are in the process of building, I'm curious to know how many teams opted to go with a Gear ground pickup, and why?

Given that many teams are designing a "Gearage" which are essentially big boxes that can only eject a Gear when the pilot lifts the spring, how valuable can a Gear ground pickup be?

I would call it likely that a majority of teams won't have the ability to eject a Gear without help from a Pilot. I would also call it likely that most Gearages will do a good job of containing Gears, and there will be relatively few Gears on the floor that weren't placed there intentionally.

I think a Gear ground pickup does open up some interesting strategic possibilities, but are these worth the resources, time and effort to develop vs. a simple box?