I should know better than to get involved with a foot pedal discussion after starting up the one on my 200 DX a couple of months ago but what the heck. I was curious and took a look at the 185 manual that's on-line here on the web. If you already know the curious ways that these pedals operate the various notes and manual descriptions do make sense to me. I you don't have the benefit of first hand experience or the discussions in these forums I still think it's way too easy to miss the point of how the pedals on the various machines operate. I was used to the way the pedals operated on all the Miller welders at school and on my ThermalArc. I've come to peace with how the pedal works on my 200 DX. I would think that it would save a lot of frustration if ALL of the Everlast welders worked the same way. Would I have paid $100-150 more for my 200 DX to have panel control of the max amps with and without pedal... Yes, given the option I would have.

Seems that the pedal is a common source of confusion. I'd noticed when browsing Ebay the other day that the feature note for the 185 states:

FOOT PEDAL

YES/OVERIDES PANEL AMPS WITH FULL RANGE OF AMPS AVAILABLE AT PEDAL. NO LIMIT (SUBJECT TO CHANGE. CONSULT EVERLAST)

Come on Everlast... save yourselves and your customers some frustration and build consistency into the product line. I really think folks will pay for it since we're already getting such a good deal...