I’m partially giving up my bags this season after a couple of bad seasons with the bags. I’m going to try my hand at some tubing this season. I have had bag failures caused by multiple factors. I am up to about 170 taps now. Two seasons ago, I was unable to collect before a severe freeze that caused almost all of the completely full bags to expand and split the seam at the bottom. As soon as it started to melt, the sap just dripped out. Ugh, lost several hundred gallons. Last season it was many pin holes that caused massive sap loss. Could be critters, could be bags bumping the trees in the wind. The bags I’ve been getting seem thinner too and more prone to failure. Enough for me. Too much work to have all of that sap loss. Some areas are just impractical for tubing, so I will stick with the bags for those. In the areas that I can, I’m trying some 3/16 lines. It will be a learning curve, but it has to be better. Guess i will find out.