well I did get to try it out and let me say it was awesome. It worked like a dream. A huge improvement. Love the infanant amp control. Makes vertical so much better. And changing it by 2 or 3 amps makes a big differance. Quite a noticable one in vertical. It was working good even with old harbor freight 7018 1/8". I got them about a year ago for about $4 for 5lbs. And they aint too good but the powerarc 200 ran them like a champ. Not hardly any spatter when with the old lincoln 225 ac it nothing but. Im a believer now. It works great and is way quiter than i figured it whould be. The arc has a cool sound too. Cant wait to get a few big projects to use it on. Hopefully it will last me many many years.