I was wondering. Me and my friend was thinking about getting a electric starter for us. Here by us we are looking at R 475.00 - Is a electric starter really worth it?

At the moment we are using chicken sticks obviously. Our winter is also drawing closer and apparently, he says (since I haven't flown in the winter), that the engine does not really start very easy when it's cold in the morning (this I can understand) - will an electric starter start it much more quickly than us with the chicken sticks spinning and spinning or not really? Is there perhaps any other advice you can give too make it start easy in the cold if this becomes a problem?