See, this is where you are well, wrong, wrong to an extreme. We have no fear of anything of the such and it quite ludicrous to suggest it. Sales of the 140ST are plenty high, so high we can't keep them in stock. We hear just the opposite of what you are stating about "finding it hard to buy into the brand"....hmmm, must be why we are experiencing record sales, have active distributors on 6 continents and are being distributed through companies like home depot on those smaller units... People buy them for stick primarily and light TIG work. Your estimation of cost to make this change is well underestimated. Sales of 160 wouldn't fall because people know that 160 amps is a critical amp range to have in stick or TIG and both are primarily stick welder with TIG functions ...and it puts out more on 120V than the 140ST. The 160STH would hold its own because of the HF start circuit as well...and built in automatic gas flow. Foot pedal use with lift tig and no automatic gas flow control is uncommon and not a preferred style of start for most people...I can imagine the burned up tungstens and the cussing that would ensue everytime some tried to lift start with a pedal and forgetting to turn the gas on....let the complaints about not having HF start and gas control begin because it is so cheap to add them....
BTW, most people who buy the 160sth, PoweriTIG 200 and even the PowerTIG 185 DON'T buy pedals....
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