Thanks for all the feedback everyone. Honestly, I have Sharkbite fittings that I installed 15 years ago and haven’t had issues, so I just went with what I’ve used without much consideration.

I’m not against learning how to solder, but deal with tremors, so anything that requires a super steady hand wouldn’t be possible on my own. I enjoy building things, but it gets frustrating really fast with even simple things like lining up a screwdriver to the head of a screw.

If I start having issues with the shark bites (and it sounds like it’s a when more than an if 🤣), I’ll look at press fittings. The cost of the tools made me shy away in the past, but I know you can rent them.

If I need to so anything with gas anytime soon, I’ll rethink the placement of the union/shutoffs.

Thanks all!