I feel like I'm better going in as well. The ones I have a problem with are the complete maniacs - just played one in Fixed O8, where the guy raised preflop and called or re-raised every hand. I finally took him out by only playing premium hands and not getting in too deep, but its so illogical. NL is what it is, sometimes you just have to gamble with the maniacs and win your coin flip.

Its actually very good practice for heads up in SNGs.