No.... I was just poking. Nothing at all wrong with the HTP machines.
Seriously -- welders are like golf clubs... it's way more about the guy running it than it is about the machine. We don't use any of this stuff enough to actually wear them out or burn them up.
My usual advice though is to buy a "better" machine than you THINK you need because once you can really weld - there's all manner of stuff you'll want to be able to do. Not just for yourself but for friends and family etc. Too small of a machine is just so limiting... and you'll have the thing for the next 20 years.
