No worries Neil, ...the area you posted your thread in the thread wouldn't have shown as it needed approval first.
My real name's Gareth btw but another Mod, now Admin, used to call me Granville as a joke (still does sometimes).
That's not strictly true in the sense that each is just as easy to use as the other imho.
On Photobucket all you need to do is copy the "Direct Link URL" and paste that into the image icon in the "reply to this topic" box. No more time consuming and you don't need to faff trying to get the right URL or format.
In the end though people should use whichever one they find easier to use or more convenient.