12v Motor Control

I'm worried about getting the pololu because it looks very hard to program while the SFE seems extremely easy to program.

The motors would be under little stress, would be going pretty slow, and would draw less than 1 A. Also, they would not be running for more than 120 seconds. I could add a fan if needed.

How much do you think the voltage would drop under the circumstance I listed above? Robot Shop said the shield could handle 2amps per channel so I would be using half of it's power.

Thanks,
Drew Davis