Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I have had it running for a few days. I bought the 12K and 24K units. If you are thinking about doing it yourself its possible but it wasn't as easy as some reviewers say. Perhaps the next time I do it I will say differently. What took me the most time is the electrical since I had to go across the house and put a sub-panel in. I have done that before but fishing wires and mounting and cutting conduit just takes time so remember that. I was completely paranoid about the vacuum part but honestly that was the easiest part. The hardest part of the process is bending the lines and cutting them to length to make a nice looking install. Sure I would have just hung the coils out of the wall and called it day but to make it nice you really need to do some bending and cutting, at least in my situation. I had my brother-in-law come for the bending/cutting/vac part (he is a tech) so he could teach me and I am so happy he did. It gave me peace of mind. I could have done it without him but if you have someone who can guide you on your first time then call them. The product seems awesome, it came with literally everything needed and the instructions are very good. What you will need is a pipe cutter, flaring tool, torque wrench (if you want to go by the book) and crows fittings for your lineset size, crescent wrenches, nylog (though it does come with lineset sealant I wanted the good stuff), some sort of mounting pad, cement blocks (to raise it off the mounting pad),pipe bender for sharp bends (we did ours slowly all by hand because I bought the wrong size), vacuum pump (go 5cfm or higher for longer length), manifold gauges, micrometer (for the sticklers I am told), nitrogen to pressure test and the regulator for it (I was going to skip this part but my brother-in-law brought it with him so we did it), all the electrical equipment like volt meter, conduit, breakers, wires, etc. Its a long list as you can see so this should serve as a warning to the complexity of the project. Last thing, you need to raise it off the pad, as it comes its too low and the outside drain section hits the ground (used in heat mode), hence the cement bricks. If I were to do it again I would probably just get a snow stand. I am glad I did it but take your time, it's certainly not an easy project but it's a doable one if you are motivated. With the tools I saved around 8K over what installers around here wanted for these two rooms (family room and basement exercise studio)