I just picked up some of the Baofeng 888 radios with the cheap speaker mics and found out that night that my brother bought us a set of the BCLinks.
The BC Links seem like great quality and user friendly. The Baofengs work fine and should result in more range but our group is usually pretty close to each other so I think the BC Links will do great. I might grab some of the better Baofeng models to play with since they are so inexpensive and capable.
Programming the Baofengs takes a little bit, but not too bad. I couldn't get my Win 7 PC to accept drivers for the FTDI cable but it went pretty smooth on my Mac. I programmed them to normal FRS/GMRS on 1-15 and channel 16 to channel "F" on the BC Links. Channel "A" on the BC Links is the same as "1" so we have two options if one channel is busy. I used "CHIRP" to program with.
The cheap Baofeng speaker mics aren't very good so I'll be looking for a better quality option thats also waterproof.
Of course the Baofengs are for emergency use only since they don't conform to the rules