In ground and watering is no biggie. I've had luck with an Orbit digital timer screwed onto my faucet. I have a filter and a pressure regulator on it. Probably spent $35-$45 on these. Flexible poly run to my rows which t off with soaker hose. All covered in mulch I never had a water problem even with a long string of 100 deg + days. My suggestion is to set it up but don't mulch right off. This way you can judge water times and intervals as a base line. It's easy to run it too much thinking that's what it needs but never knowing as it's hidden by mulch and I don't uncover a lot to check. This way you can tell with your soil type and temps how much it needs watering. Of course with a good layer of mulch it will go longer before it needs water. But it will probably be hotter and the peppers bigger (using more water) so you can uncover a little to judge how to adjust your schedule and times. I was amazed. Never did I have to run any kind of sprinkler or such. No weeding either.

>>Some people can't tell the difference between average coffee and really good coffee, and so they don't care. Yeh, sure . . . some. But most people can tell because there is in fact a significant difference, so it's not a correct analogy. (And for the group of people that can't tell, why would they want to waste their money on expensive coffee ?) >>The same and the same as between average wine and really good wine. That's somewhat true, because the differences are much more subtle. But that begs the same question. Moreover, there's a problem of hype and expectation there . . . is a $200 bottle of wine really and noticeably 2000% better than a $10 bottle of wine in a blind test ? >>You get the picture. For sound, many have become accustomed to playing crippled lossy files through crappy sound systems and so yes, many can't tell the difference. That doesn't mean there isn't one. I have a medium quality system (several thousands but not several tens of thousands, nor several hundreds) and most people have been able to tell the difference if I do an A-B with high and low quality files. You just made the argument for "there's NO reason to not rip to lossless files" to be false. You're making a case for why some (5% ? - pick a number, doesn't matter) elite group of people might want to use lossless, whereas the rest wouldn't. As well, for some purposes yes, for others, no. We're not talking about "high and low quality files", we're talking about lossless, vs high quality compressed, and often less. Sure, there's a difference, but can a majority of the population (2σ of the mean) with the majority of systems out there tell ? No, and not even on decent systems. The evidence just doesn't support it. Thus, never say Never. There is not a one size fits all. ;-) This post was edited by kbarb on Mon, Feb 2, 15 at 0:38

LOL at not putting Goodman in a dog house. I just had two Amana systems taken out and came here to read and sort through a lot of differing quotes before I did.. My Amana units were 6 years old and supposedly had 10 year warranties except we didn't get the paperwork and the installer didn't register them. In just over half their expected minimal life span, we paid for multiple repairs and even labor only can easily set you back $500-1000 at a time. I saw what the inside of those units looked like when they were taken out and still on my front walk. We were in for more repairs before long. I wouldn't use Goodman or Amana either. I'm not sure I'd take them if they were free. The advise you are getting about having a more efficient matched system is good. Not sure if your installation is horizontal or an upflow, but especially with an upflow, you are in for more labor if replace later. I had a 6 yr old system and decided not to go piece meal. When I go to the these parts and those parts, knonwing this sytem would be mismatched and so would the "new" stuff when I had to replace the furnace later, I felt like I was winding up with the chicken nuggets approach to AC, Never as good as the real thing, I decided to clean the slate and start over. With a 20 yr old furnace, I would definitely replace and have a matched system running at peak performance. Just don't get Goodman. I'm not a pro and don't know all the model numbers, but the dollar amount on the Infinity looks pretty good. We replaced with 2 Infinity systems and are very happy -- but the main reason I opened your thread was to encourage you to sift through the quotes, ask question and even get another quote or two if you need to. Check references and things like Angies list or local review sites. The installer is a big part of your long term satisfaction. . .

Hi Brenda...it's just as more new posts come on the old posts get pushed down the page. If you want to "bump" an older post back up to the top again you just need to post to it. Most people just write bump on it if they don't have anything else specific to reply, that's all. :) ~Anj