Does anyone have any experience in comparing the two when it comes to the ease of amplifying a PCR product? Do primers work equally well with these polymerases? How about when it comes to amplifying larger PCR products?
i don't know the two, but you should check the following paper" Improvement of PCR reaction conditions for site-directed mutagenesis of big plasmids " it might be helpful, we used it for 16 kb plasmids
I've only personally worked with the Phusion DNA polymerase. I used it to amplify products up to 12 kb from mitochondrial DNA. Are you just hoping to find the most reliable/least expensive/best for your template polymerase? You can always order both and test them side-by-side to choose the one that works best for you.