I ended up buying the Melitta pour over coffee cone just to test it out and see how much I liked it.
My first day I made the coffee way too weak. Today I added what I normally would have added to the electric pot, and it is much better. Probably can go a little stronger. What I miss is the smell of coffee the electric pot made...I don't have a clue if this is just the way it is, or I need to tweak what I am doing.
I don't think it is too much of an effort to use though...just different. And the cone takes up so much less space than my Mr. Coffee.