The only definitive answer would be if you have a Guru and they TELL you what to do. Otherwise much of what you read comes from others who have been told, maybe by their Guru or just random people, and act as though the message is meant for everyone. So I would not worry about mixing mantras but I would recommend sticking to ONE anyway as there is an old story of a man walking along the river bed during the dry season in India - he was searching for water and began digging. He dug ten feet, didn't find water so he moved to another spot and dug ten feet, nothing, so he moved on, trying again and again; he tried about a dozen times and then came across a very large hole and looked down into it - at the very bottom he saw a man who had finally reached water who yelled back up "If you just dig about 140 feet in ONE spot, you will find water!!
So mantra recitation is like this.
You main gain some fruits from different mantras but really the greatest fruit comes from dedicating yourself to one and obtaining the fruits of all practices by focusing your attention on one path that eventually leads to the same end. Otherwise it would be like starting from your house and walking numerous short little trails on your way to the store but never getting there because you constantly have to start over again from your porch, trying other little paths ;)
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