RE: Is it Electric really worth the trouble ?
You have asked a version of the old which is better "Piper or Cessna"? The only real answer is a question "which one floats your boat?" I have flown electric exclusively since 1992 because I enjoyed the challenge of learning the new technology and being "different." I continue for much the same reasons -except that now there's a community of e-fliers in my club.
You are going to get a gazillion responses most of them based on the "figures don't lie, but liars can figure" principle or else they will be (like mine) entirely subjective.
Walt