I find the books to be "fair" in the explanations. If you want examples and applications, they do fall short. REG is so much memorization, that I am finding the book to be fairly useful. However, there are times that I have had to pull an old textbook from the shelf to augement. When it comes to more conceptual ideas, I have yet to make a determination. FAR is next. I've got about a foot of old financial accounting books that likely explain anything that Bisk, Becker, or whoever else can.
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I made a 68 on FAR in August after spending a year trying to prepare for it with Gleim.  I found out that it does not pay to be cheap in preparing for these exams!  I was using a four year old Becker book and Gleim 2008 questions. 

I found out too late that much of what I was studying in the Becker book and the textbooks was out of date.  Additionally, I estimate that I wasted about 8 months trying to find answers to Gleim multiple choice questions in old accounting books.  I also found out after I failed FAR that even the new textbooks were out-of-date by the time that they were published!  Rule #1: Use only current materials to study.

I like Yaeger and Bob Monette because when they come to a multiple choice question, I stop the DVD and answer the question.  I then listen to the explanation of the answer.  Yaeger even goes to the blackboard to show you the solution.  I take notes if I missed the question.  I find this approach more efficient and effective than the Gleim non-teaching approach.