You can often order line sets in various lengths to eliminate the need to deal with excess. That's obviously brand-specific. The 10 ft minimum seems...
Many of these units come pre-charged...the lines just need to be cleared out with the vacuum. If I'm not mistaken, some "Mr Cool" systems don't even...
I will admit that I really like cast iron for the "feel" and vibration dampening. The disadvantage is that you can't "roll your own" and you have to...