Quote - But I am sure it's the quality setting on the reflect node that is causing it to take so long to render....

 

It is!  Quality 20 is insanely overkill! You will get an equivalent level of quality at values below 1 (anywhere between 0.5 and 1.0 is in my "Whoa! Only use for extremely detailed reflections!" range). You can actually get away on smaller reflective bits with going as low as 0.02. Obviouisly that wouldn't work too well for mirrors but for chrome bits (e.g., the legs of a stool, ornamental trimmings here and there on bits of furniture and other props), it works perfectly well.