PICkit 2 vs icd2 programmer/debugger

im planning to buy a programmer/debugger for my simple to complex, no- commercial to commercial PIC micro controller projects. when searched the net i found two debuggers from microchip called PICkit 2, which costs $50 and ICD 2, which costs $150. from the documentation i dont see that much of a difference in these two products. So im wondering about the price difference and would like to hear from people having good experiences with these devices with regard to;

1) supported chips' 2) integration with other tools 3) features in debugging 4) speed/performance during programming, debugging 5) reliability 6) usability 7) package contents

thank you.

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