Quote Originally Posted by bmeyer6472 View Post
The latest from tech support is that I definitely have a bad pedal - :-( BTW, customer support on this has been excellent. Very quick response and helpful attitude. FWIW, this experience is a huge contrast to the customer support I received from Longevity, which was basically zero. Just in case anyone is interested.

Mark tells me that the latest Chinese pedal is similar in design and function to the SSC pedal and while there are differences, they've had very good luck with the new design. So I'm wondering if spending the extra money for the SSC is worth it for a hobby welder like me. I like good tools, but I'm not made of money - anyone out there that has used both pedals and can tell me the advantage if any, of the SSC pedal over the latest Chinese design?
OK, I admit it, I totally goofed. It's a long boring story, but the pedal is fine, it's the operator that malfunctioned. Just the same, the tech support I received here was excellent. I'll use this pedal for the time being and see how well I like it, but so far so good.