+1 on Carleton's comment.
Eggbeaters are sort of mushy. Your foot moves around almost freely, and then suddenly you've clipped out. Ouch!
I just want my 5 degrees of float, and that's the end of it. After that, some resistance better remind me that I'm about to clip out. Beaters sort of felt like I stepped in a huge pile of half-dry sticky dog poo and I'm twisting my foot in it. No, thanks.

I have heard fantastic things about Time atacs. Only raving reviews, not a single complaint. However, they are just butt ugly, imho. Hideous. Ugliest pedals ever made, after Speedplays. Not light, either. And effing expensive over here. Sooooo... SPDs are good enough.