I tried Vim for a some time, a few weeks (first time using any of the two). Like it and get comfortable with modal editing. Then I tried Emacs, I put my mind into learning Emacs bindings and forget about Vim. I like it too, the customization was a good thing and bad thing for me. Then I dropped both. Months later I tried Evil, I wanted to try one more time to see if it clicks again and OH MAN, it clicked. I get used again to Vim bindings while using Emacs customization.
For the record, I used Spacemacs before but I found it too confusing and too much feature bloated. But a lot of people use it to learn about Emacs AND Vim.
I thought it was dumb advice but now I found it feasible. If you want to learn Emacs, use Evil. Even if it is the first time using Vim and Emacs go for Evil. You want it easier? Try Spacemacs. Learn minimal Emacs bindings and go full Evil.
