Bought 8 Peony roots last year. Only 2 lasted a second season, 4 never sprouted and none have yet to bloom. They print QUALITY GUARANTEE on EVERY page of their sale circular, but they DON'T say it's ONLY 7 days from receipt of order and they require pictures within that time frame - and an overall 45 day guarantee -(a time frame during which no one could possibly know if a root is going to produce). When you email then about the problem, they basically tell you to go fly a kite..... WILL NEVER order ANYTHING from this AWFUL company again. Should have spent a few dollars more and bought existing plants from a local TRUSTED nursery.

I have had one for 2 years. Works great. Nugget ice is a huge hit with friends and family that visit. It keeps up well with ice production even for big parties of 40 guests. Never ran out! The machine keeps it frozen well. Ours is always filled to the brim. I’ve never run out, even when hosting big holidays and events. Not noticeably loud. Mine is right in the kitchen by my sink. Water and drain hookups connect under the sink like the dishwashers and garbage disposal. My installers ran the thin hoses in the back through one cabinet to connect. We have a pull out trash in between our kitchen sink and ice maker and no problems with install. Have to do a clean cycle every 6 months if you want it working efficiently for years. If you register your product with Uline, they send you the cleaning kit for free. I highly recommend.

I just had a 3 Year old Velux skylight that started leaking. I called the roofing contractor back and he checked all the flashing and resealed everything to the roof and it was still leaking. Turns out it was a defect in the seal of the glass. Since it's the rainy season in Florida, I had to have it replaced immediimmediately . Since I did not wait for Velux representative to come out and assess the situation, the warranty is worthless. Generally, they are very good products, but the warranty is basically worthless with all their stipulations.

I think it depends on the tree. Alas for conifers, I truly believe you are better buying bigger 1) if you can - a lot of rare stuff isn't available bigger at any price and 2) if you know it was grown correctly with no circling roots, which is a HUGE if. Because they are just so darn slow until they are about 6' tall. I can compare the firs I got as 5' footers to those that were liner sized. And "there's no comparison"! You have seen pics of my now medium sized A. firmas - both around 35'. If those had been liners in 2010, I am sure they would just be getting to 20' now, at best. BUT REMEMBER (or maybe u didn't see those posts LOL) I had to very, very extensively work with the roots of them, and detangle them. I even dug extra trenches to contain the unfurled roots. If I hadn't , I could be in a worse place. because they could have pancaked and fallen in a storm or whatnot. So like so many things in life, it involves tradeoffs and being prepared. (And those were much easier than if they'd been B&B'd, because they were in somthing like a big air pot. I could see that they were circling without doing a lot of close inspection.) It's different with most angiosperms that grow faster when young, I think for some of those you can really make a case "size doesn't matter as much as you think it does", especially, since again, you might get something plopped from a container into a B&B production field and grown with circling roots. In that case you are better buying small, because you can at least assess the root system and fix it while you can. Do you remember the story of the Fagus 'Rotundifolia' I drove all the way to upstate NY to buy? It was about 5.5', could barely get it into my sedan for the drive back. HUGE B&B rootball. Super heavy. Had to scooch it out of my drunk into the FEL and drive it to the place to plant it. But it died after about 10 years. when I dug it up, the poor root system was basically a big bowling bowl with a few sad little feeders trying to come out. It was hopelessly doomed to die the day I bought it, probably, because it had moved from liner to container to field without its roots ever being untangled. OF COURSE, there are exceptions to conifers = slow, like my crazy 'Ogon' that went from a 24" grafted whip to 50+' since 2010.