last 4 yrs, i have been using peat pot method. it worked great for me. however there are down side if the cuttings are going to stay in the cup for long time. now i'm considering to move away from peat pot method and just use soil mix.

if roots are well established there won't be any issue with moving them to 1 gal. now i know when to water... i know how to pre-wet the soil mix. not sure if peat pot method still has some advantage that my skills couldn't compensate.

any thoughts? i know i'm one of very few that use peat pot method...

I use the peat pot method too and will continue to use it for cuttings that are not in SIPs.  For SIPs I'm now using the 2 L bottle cut in half with the wick design.  Of course there is not peat pot in those.  You are probably correct though that now you have a really good feel for the watering the advantages of using the peat pot with a cup may be less.

Peat pots were a disaster for me. But I recognize everyone has there things that work/don't.

Was thinking about trying them...but never got that far.......been using SIP and recently started some in water which is working pretty well. Up potting is going to be another challenge .

Just so that we are on the same page, the method I use (and I think Pete as well) is to add potting mix to a 16 oz cup (with holes on bottom and sides) so that it goes maybe 1/3 of the way up.  A damp peat pot (jiffy pot 3) is then inserted into the cup in a corkscrew fashion so that the mix rides up along the wall of the peat pot.  The top edge of the peat pot should be roughly flush with the top edge of the plastic cup.  I then add a bit more soil in the gap between the plastic cup and peat pot so that the soil goes up about 1/4-1/3 of the way up the wall of the peat pot.  The rooted cutting is then introduced into the peat pot as usual and the peat pot topped up with mix.  The advantage is that the color of the peat pot tells you whether it is dry or damp.  You only add water when the outside of the peat pot is dry and then just enough to make it damp again.  I've had excellent results with this method.

steve and i use same method. one added bonus to this set up is the peat pot and soil below the peat pot draws water away from the soil. this keeps the rooted cutting from sitting in wet soil.