Use each pool for 24 hours at least or even one week. Depending on the payout method there could be higher fees. Also, some pool payout method discourage hopping now, so it would be harder to get a fair comparison if you hop. Pick one or two pools and stick with em!
I wanted to not pay out regularly. Only collect at the pool to determine how much BTC there is at the end. So i should find out and calculate the withdraw fee for the whole BTC after that without problems i think.
I would like to stick with one or two but my impression is that even though they look the same, with the same fees and so on, they still are different. With different revenue, rejected shares and so on. Thats why i would like to test it. The end revenue should be the best indicator, even beating possible cheating by the pool.
What means hopping in this case? At least running one hour otherwise you have a 5% penalty or something of that kind?