Can two people switch iPads (from same base iTunes account) without losing data or settings.

I am going to trade my nice new 32 GB iPad with Verizon LTE to my wife for her original 32 gb iPad that is just about years old.  She likes the trade but neither of us want to lose data or settings.  Will backup and restore work reliably?

I am resonding to my own reply since I just tried to do the ol switch.   Moving from the original ipad to the new one was not a problem.  I backed everything up and I wiped the new ipad and restored it as my wifes.   I then wiped the old ipad and tried to restore it with my back up and no go.   The new ipad had iOS 6 and the old one is iOS5.1.1 so the back up would not restore on the old one.   My backup still sits on the iMac wiating for an ipad.  fortunately building the old ipad from scratch wasnt too bad since i really dont use it for much.  I'll just have to work harder to replace my high scores on bejeweled and plants vs. zombies...

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