If there is something that I like about Eclipse is its editor and search capabilities. In the early days I was also very confused with the better search (Ctrl-H) but over time I got to learn how it works with the code, its dependencies and #ifdefs. Pretty good is also the perspective context switch, which I hated at the beginning but I was so used to have all the code dev and debug windows cramped on the same screen that I didn't realize how liberating it was to not have to resize and move stuff around between these tasks. (Project management, build console, disassembly, memory, registers, stdout console, breakpoints, watchpoints, etc.)
YMMV, but it is indeed free. 😁