So what's the review on these inverter-based combo machines?

[DHill]

I keep seeing these machines on eBay that have plasma cutting / TIG combination features. I emailed one seller about them but I was a little overwhelmed with the excessive exclamation marks in his response - it felt a little bit like an informercial. Considering I haven't seen a lot of these around or heard any reviews, I would like to know more.

Has anyone used these? I am seeing that now the newer machines have AC capability (Mitech Super 160). If they are any good, I would snag one up in a minute because they sell for less than $1500. A 40A plasma cutter and an AC TIG in one machine just sounds too good to be true, considering that I would have to spend about $3k to get some decent machines that match that.

Just FYI, I recently purchased a defunct Hypertherm Max43 (getting an estimate to rebuild it) and am really wanting to find a used Miller Syncrowave 180SD, so that's the kind of capability I'm looking for.

TIA.

Davion