Hey All,
My Name is Manny, joined the forum here after a few days of lurking and browsing..Great little community you guys seem to have here!
Anyway, Im am pretty much a total noob when it comes to Tig welding, and am interested in the Everlast lineup.

After doing lots of research over the past few weeks on the major brands, i had narrowed my choices down to the miller diversion 180, or syncrowave 200.
During my research, i stumbled apon the "Welding tips and tricks" website, and jodys reviews of the everlast brand of welders, which led me here.
After looking thru the product line, I noticed that for the price of the diversion, I could get a muliprocess machine, that would include a plasma cutter as well as the tig process i am looking to learn.

My question to the fellow user out there is this:

given the choice of the PT250EX, or the PP256, is there any loss of quality or features with the 256 over the 250EX?
will i be over whelmed with features on the 256 as a noob to tig and plasma cutting (never used either before, I have basic mig welding skills.)

to give you guys a little info on what ill be doing, it definetly will not be anything structural, other than maybe a work bench and welding cart (once i develop enough skill to accomplish that! lol)
right now, i use a lincoln sp135T (110V) to do small things like 16ga steel intercooler piping and exhasut piping with .26? (or is it .25? lol) solid wire and 75/25 sheilding gas.
i have used stainless wire and piping a few times, using tri gas mix, with decent results after a bit of practice, the exhausts havent rotted or cracked yet, so i guess it works..lol
the main reason for wanting to learn to tig is for the ability to be able to weld diffrent metals, especially aluminum, for intercooer piping, and of course the looks of tig.

my other question is about the pricing on these welders/cutters.
i notice that there is an "make an offer" option, and have seen a few threads where guys mention "working out a deal" for theyre packages, and wondering if things like wait time for delivery, ect, are things that you all used to help work out a price.
i currently have an email out to oleg, espressing my interest, we'll see where that takes me!

thanks in advance for any comments or tips you guys have to share, looking forward to getting a machine, and sharing my progress with you guys!