Welcome to ECF pdude and congrats on making the choice to switch.
You'll find tons of opinions on everything here

Having said that I started vaping on Ego T's and used them for over a year before I decided to move to big battery PV's. It's a good learning curve I think, be advised you cannot hit on them like you do a cigarette or you will definitely flood it. Long slow draws work best.
Then once you have it down, moving to something else will be easy. I don't do clearos at all, have not yet convinced myself they are better as I have never had problems with my carto tanks and I like dripping these days. Used to be a hassle to drip but now I'm liking it
Everyone winds up with their favorite items to use.