In your opinion....... I find a drain pan and a wrench about as easy and convenient as anything I can imagine. Messing around with some contraption is about as inconvenient as it can get. As far as cleaner goes, I can pour the oil out of my drain pan into an old oil jug for recycling using a funnel without making a mess.

Now days, I usually change oil with a vehicle on my two post lift with a five gallon container that has a tube and funnel. It has a cap that I remove to pour the drained oil into an old jug for recycling. Sometimes if the lift is tied up, I push a pan underneath and drain it on the floor or driveway as I used to.

There is no resistance to change here. I have changed LOTS of my methods for doing things, but this one doesn't need change. It's only changing oil, it's not building a rocket ship for a trip to the moon.

Whatever works for you is great!