I made another 4 gallon cheese this week with my new set up (Avanto warmer). At $27 for 4 gallons pasteurized non-homogenized milk, this could become an expensive way to spend my new found retirement!
Retired eh ? Congratulations , I just kind of Semi-retired myself.
Sounds like the new system is working good.
As for price , I was finding it a little expensive as well , on my last make I decided to use a mixture of milks , I bough two gallons of raw milk @ 6.99 , and 2 gallons regular homo milk @ $2.50 , the mixture resulted in a great curd , the same as if I had used all raw , but the price was about $7 less.
You might want to give it a try , it worked great for me.