What 1% are you guys are talking about?
I typically pay about 0.15-0.2% to consolidate. First confimation is typically in less than an hour, two hour max.
You just don't use the default settings.
Kudos. That's why I'm a newbie and you're legendary

LOL, pay just 15 sat/byte for a typical 226 bytes tx (4-5 times less than usual); it works on tx with many inputs OR kano's pool will confirm his own inputs.
EDITED: was not clear beforehand.