Happy Jack 260,
You say:
The big IF is the question of making it back to the field. This depends on your height and/or speed.
Surely it also depends on how far away the field is i.e. how long the runway is, or how big the airfield is or, if you like, how far have I travelled from the field to reach 900'.
I usually fly from a field which is 800m long and not much wider than the runway. There is no way I could reach the field with an EFAT at 900' unless there was a very strong wind which might make landing downwind a bit dicey.
Flying from, say EGHH, I could probably just about make it back to the runway but could easily make it onto the airfield. However, in recent years there have been two disastrous failures to do so there.
This shows the importance of your advice to:
And before you line up each flight, brief yourself on what you'd do in the event of an EFATO.
In my view one should be reviewing it continuously throughout the climb, as one does on a glider launch when this is a much more likely event. This discussion is a timely reminder for me to make sure that I do.
Anyway, it is always good to get advice from those who have experienced it for real. I hope that you fully recovered now.