This topic arises again and again, do we really need to rehash it? Give it about a day until the Canti people come out in force, and then three pages of diatribes and anecdotal experiences later no one is convinced of anything.

It's personal preference, nothing more. Canti's take more effort to set up, but are much easier to customize to ones personal needs.
V-brakes work well from the get go, but heaven help you if you need to tweak them, all you can manage is tightness. This is mainly a problem for running them with fenders, but mud clearance can also be an issue.