/ninjitsu: Smoke Flash and Blinding Powder

Can someone tell me how effective these powers are? I solo a lot, and stick to PvE 95% of the time.

I tested both the powers and my first impressions were:

Smoke Flash - doesn't put you in hide like placate, slow animation time, looks rubbish, terrible recharge, good for escaping as long as the mob is in tight around you.

Blinding Powder - confuse works nicely although needs slotting, -acc doesn't last too long, sleep never hit anything, terrible recharge again.

Am I pretty close? I only used each for a couple of mins on the test server so I don't know how good they are for specific situations or when well slotted.

If both suck, what would you suggest taking at lvl 35? The only other things I haven't taken are Danger Sense and Caltrops, both of which I respec'd out at 25. I was also thinking of Acrobatics but that's so dull

Any help would be appreciated!

You DIDN'T take Danger Sense? Why, that means no Ranged or AoE Def, you must get your [censored] handed to you. Definately get Danger Sense, if you really don't want extra Def though, get Acrobatics, I constantly find myself dead due to knockback.

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You DIDN'T take Danger Sense? Why, that means no Ranged or AoE Def, you must get your [censored] handed to you. Definately get Danger Sense, if you really don't want extra Def though, get Acrobatics, I constantly find myself dead due to knockback.

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I solo on vicious most of the time and I manage to get my enemies close enough that they mostly stick to melee attacks, that saves me some end, an extra toggle and I figured it would give me room for one more power... the way I look at it, since I like my current build, I am going to want my lvl 38 power, 3/4 of my patron powers and that leaves me with just one power at 35 and one at 49....

its an either or situation as you'll probably find you won't use either very much, can't really speak about blinding powder but smoke flash has been quite handy for me if i get into trouble and with just the 1 ACC in have had no problems hitting.
But like i say i don't use it that much and would like to replace it with something i would use more often.

Thanks =) based on these replies and my tests I decided to go with Acrobatics