Yeah, you have to be careful when to use it -- against an opponent who uses it too much all you have to do is make a threat with a move, and even if the move is suicidal, premove will force him to ignore it :)
I'm thankful for pre-move at the end of a 5 or 15 minute game where I'm winning, but I've used about all my time getting there.


In one minute chess, you almost must use premove, but watch out (5...c6 is losing, requiring 6...Be6):