Weaving in ends!

[MomoKnits]

How does everyone weave in their ends? For me, I find it to be the biggest pain, especially if I don't do them as I go and have oodles of yarn to weave in. I never really paid any mind to the suggestion to leave a 6" tail and use a embroidery needle to weave it in...I guess I thought it was a waste of yarn!

But I would usually just use a crochet hook and weave the yarn under the garter bumps, but the needle is much faster.

And I'm not really sure how to weave in when crocheting either. I kind of just try to follow the yarn so it just over laps the single crochet, etc...

So what is everyone's preferred method?