Sharpening System Upgrade - Spyderco Vs Water stone

The time has come to upgrade the old King Waterstones thathave served me well for 15+ years. Question is what to replace them with. My mainbeef is the messiness and not the quality of the end product. Even though my fineststone is an old King 6000 it still delivers me edges that can take end grainshavings off pine which has been good enough for me. So my strong preferenceis for a dry water stone that needs no more than a spray of water (I'm over the soaking thanks),or alternatively moving to something like a sypderco. Convenience is very highon my list of priorities. I’d like to stick to the trusty 1000/4000/8000 combinationor a couple of spyderco grits and a strop. I realise I run the risk of openingup all sorts of strong preferences and war wounds here but I would appreciateany guidance, particularly on the spyderco’s Vs Naniwa, Sigma, Bester, Shaptonetc

Thanks in advance