Check lists are fine if you prefer to use them ... I'm not knocking those who do. Anybody who thinks they are compulsary though is a robot and should not be flying. You don't fly by numbers ( I hope ) so why be dictated to by them? Why can't you trust your experience and judgement to check the aircraft and your actions. If you find that hard by all means use a checklist ... but believe me, they are not required by law and are not inffallable ( like my spelling).We are only talking simple aircraft here after all ... keep it simple use your noggin and don't pretend to be an airline pilot. They might need checklists ... but then there's one to call it, one to do it, much more to check ... and 300 passengers in the back!
IM