[code_biologist]

Am I crazy, or are those two sentences completely contradictory?

[aftbit]

I read it as: Ducts are better but not so much that it's worth tearing everything apart to install them. If you don't already have ducts, you should definitely use a ductless system. If you do have them, you get some other benefits.

[notyourwork]

Ducts are great with a heat pump and an air handler with variable fan speed.

[aclatuts]

I think he means having a duct work for the whole house for a central heat pump is good. But having a heat pump per zone is also good if you don't have ducts for the whole house. Some newer home designs separate heating and cooling from the air exchange systems so there are multiple zones of heating and cooling.

[krageon]

I thought it was a joke. If you don't have ducts, you are by definition ductless. So that's how you must go.

[Dylan16807]

> So that's how you must go.

No, you can go to ducts by installing them. I believe the comment is advising against doing so.