Arduino Vs Picaxe

So my first board will be a Picaxe, just to make my first bot easy to follow along the "Start Here" tutorial with, however I hear good things about the Arduino boards.

What is your experience with either, and why do you choose what you choose?

Thanks guys.

http://letsmakerobots.com/nod

https://www.robotshop.com/letsmakerobots/node/80

I went with Picaxe since it seems a bit easier and more people use it on this board (easier to get help). However arduino is open source so it has some cool stuff for it.

Did a search, and this is

Did a search, and this is the thread I found.

https://www.robotshop.com/letsmakerobots/node/80