Carpet or Ball?

[nazanova]

So I've been planning on getting a Ball Python as my next snake at some point in the near future. I'm not ready for the big Pythons so I thought a ball would be perfect, but then a member on this forum called Franks pm'd me about Carpets and saying how they are much easier so it's got me thinking, now I know Balls have feeding issues and I couldn't bring myself to ever feed live so my question for you guys is should i go for a Carpet over a Ball? I have NO knowledge on Carpets so any advice/info would be welcomed. If they stay almost the same size as Balls, will eat well and eat f/t and don't require a lot of care (such as misting, keeping strict humidity levels etc) then they are something I'm willing to look into and go for.