Droopystoop - I understand where you're coming from, but a FIS is not giving you any kind of separation from other traffic, so I think you're probably just clogging up the airwaves with unecessary chat and giving yourself a false sense of security. A procedural service would be a whole different kettle of fish, where an ATCO would be separating you from other traffic via your position/altitude reports, and not via radar. I'd also question your "with no choice" comment - I'd guess you could have chosen to not get airborne in the first place, if you knew to do so would involve flying IMC without a radar or procedural service. I know there will always be exceptions - radars breaking while you're airborne, weather clagging in unforecasted, and I'm all too aware of operational pressures, but I wouldn't want to be making it routine and hence spending a "fair bit" of time IMC without a decent service.