I thought the review was pretty fair for a car guy. We were waiting for the 15 F150s to come out as I really wanted one, however our local Ford dealer gave us a deal on a 14 FX4 that was too good to refuse. It is my wife's daily drive. It has the Ecoboost 3.5, and the truck already has seen more than 50% of its 8,000kms used for towing some sort of trailer.
We drive the posted limit, but we too notice that a wind, ambient temperature, or driving habits affect the Ecoboost more than they did the old 5.4 we had grown accustomed to. Empty on a 5 hour trip, we achieved 10.6 litres per 100 km highway. On the other end, pulling our 32' 7800 lb travel trailer yielded us 28.9 litres/100 km (into a bit of a wind), which was slightly better than our old 5.4 with the same trailer. We keep our trucks for 10 years, so by the time we are ready to trade this one off, we may be trading on an all electric model!