In my limited experience mites have only been an issue when identified too late. My guess is that if you catch them early and spray neem frequently enough to kill and disrupt breading for successive genations you can knock them back to the point of not being noticable. My advice is to keep an eye out for them and use appropriate preventative measures. I inspect my plants periodically and I use neem preventatively in veg and early flower. I can't claim that I'm 100% spider mite free, but I can't find them or detect any mite related demage so they are well under control if present.
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