Here's a quick screencast of my evil-mode setup from a vim user's perspective with a link to my emacs config in the description. It won't change your life, but it really does give you the best of both worlds. I don't feel like I'm using a different editor than vim. I'm blown away by how thorough the vim emulation is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wAeFiGv_yE