The topside oil change is definately a benefit on these motors. I use one of these cheap electric pumps from JCWhitney. It sounds like it's a toy, but it actually works quite well:
12-VOLT OIL CHANGE PUMP - JCWhitney

FWIW, I would ONLY recomend using a fleece filter (ie: Mann) if you are going to keep with the 10k mile changes w/ the Mobil 1 full synthetic oil. Fram is paper as well as a few others. I order from Germanfilters.com and just order over $50 so I can get free shipping.