I only have a fixed gear bike and there are just some things you have to accept, like no coasting.
If you wanna give fixed another go I say do it. Don't compare it too much to riding with gears, they're just different.
Depending on where you live there are always good deals on CL for cheap fixed gear bikes. The crosscheck has dropouts which might be annoying to have to switch/shorten chains and properly tension it every time you want to switch.