Swaddle Blanket Irritation

I am looking at my 3 month old laying in a bouncy seat with his swaddle blanket up around his neck, covering most of his face, with his arms poking out the bottom. He is wearing a Swaddle Me swaddle blanket with the Velcro, supposedly easier to use than actually swaddling him. It's pretty much a pain. I spend a lot of time swaddling him because he has colic and we are trying the methods recommended in "Happiest Baby on the Block" I tightly swaddle him every night using a mayraid of swaddling aides. We have used flannel receiving blankets, the Swaddle Me, muslin blankets (the big ones everyone raves about), even one I made myself. What I use the most are Carter's Little Layette stretchy swaddle blankets. These are large, but not too large 35x35 they stretch so you can get them very tight. They are the best thing I have used so far. But the child is Houdini and still busts from his swaddle in the fewest kicks and flails. I find this irritating Becuase the book has led me to believe from the outrgeous amount of tstimonies that if I have a proper swaddle my child will sleep for a glorious 6-8 hours better than the current 2-3 I get even with a swaddle. This expectation I now have has caused me to purchase 2 more swaddle devises a Woombie and a Miracle Blanket, to add to the 10 swaddle blankets I already have (not counting flannel receiving blankets). So what I am trying to say is I guess "Happiest Baby on the Block" has given me unrealistic expectations about what swaddling can do and I am willing to cough up some big bucks to make it happen because at this point I would do almost anything to make him sleep for more than 3 hours.