[Wobulate]

jpence38,

I am glad your order was delayed so long, and you made a great second choice.
I agree with you that waiting for parts would be a big problem. And when the
electronic Circuit Card Assemblies (CCAs) fail (and they will) the time to repair
could stretch out for months.

Wob

[sschefer]

Hi Jim, I understand your decision and agree. Apparently the product just did clear customs and is shipping tomorrow but you've got a Dynasty now so it doesn't matter. My 250EX is O.K. although I have had to do a little compensating here and there to get it to do what I want. I'm looking at the Dynasty 350 now because the majority of my Al welding is 1/4" or thicker. I don't think I can say the Everlast was a waste of money, it does what they say it does. If I do get the Dynasty I don't think the Everalst will see a lot of use in the future.

[jpence38]

Yeah, I think things will be better this way overall. I know I paid alot more for the Dynasty, but Miller has one of the best tech supports around. I have dealt with them quite a bit and they are excellent. I also have three Authorized Miller repair centers close, so parts and repairs aren't far away.I know that there have been good reviews about Everlast machines, but I'm glad now that I went with Miller instead.
I was looking at a 350 also, but the majority of the tig I do is under a 1/4 " so I couldn't justify the money for the 350. I have heard that is is an awesome machine though.
I wonder about the deal with Everlast and the Customs issue. They are at the mercy of Customs, I know that and that is a big concern for me. That may have been an isolated incident, but then again maybe not. I can't take that chance with my customers.

[daviddoster]

I've been debating getting one of the Everlast 256's since Jody did his videos about them last year. Since this is tax-refund season, getting a TIG machine has been high on my list of "wants", and the 256, even with adding the water cooler, has a pretty good price. I hadn't thought much about parts availability, but that could be a pain, especially if Everlast can't even seem to get the welding machine itself into the country in a timely fashion. And where are the service centers when the machine has problems? At this point, I think I'm just gonna keep looking for a Dynasty 200 on fleabay.

[dgarnier]

watch out for the dealer locator - it seems like it just picks random places around your location. Looking at the web site they have 2 dealers that are based out of there house and 1 in a self storage building. That aside I took a gamble and bought a 250ex back on 2/22 still waiting for it to ship.

[kermdawg]

watch out for the dealer locator - it seems like it just picks random places around your location. Looking at the web site they have 2 dealers that are based out of there house and 1 in a self storage building. That aside I took a gamble and bought a 250ex back on 2/22 still waiting for it to ship.

Wow! This along with the customs issue has me seriously questioning my decision on everlast now. I mean, sure the welders are alright, but if they company itself has problems like this I am really skeptical. I mean miller and lincoln have been around for, how long? pushin 50 years each?

Glad I found this post.

[Jay1174]

I have an Everlast 256EX and I want to say it's been great to me I bouth it in feb 2010 and have done good stuff with it the only thing is I want to change the gun to something better and water cooled but want one that is smaller and easy to work with does anybody know what gun work with it and fits with a trigger on the gun

[dgarnier]

wish I could help ya out - but I am still waiting for my machine to show up. paid for it back in February and the ETA keeps slipping. If my refund get here before the 205ex, I might just cancel the everlast order and get the 200dx

[WILD BILL]

I have a WP 20 on my 225LX and it's great. Although it doesn't have a button on it. If I'm not mistaken I think Everlast is either making one or has one that you can purchase that will Velcro onto the torch.

Here's the list of hook up parts I used to hook it up including cooler and gas fittings.

http://store.weldingdepot.com/cgi/weldingdepot/Q5W.html

The male end fits both the female quick connects as well as the gas fitting on the Everlast

http://weldingdirect.com/quicmalfitfo.html

http://weldingdirect.com/quicfemtypfo.html

I kinda messed up and put male ends on both the gas line and water lines on the torch leads so If I'm not paying attention I could accidentally hook it up wrong if I switch between my WP 20 and the Everlast torch.

Thankfully it's not very often that I need to use the Everlast torch and the button on it so I just made labels for each line and pay attention if I do change torches.

[Steve from Ohio]

I was also thinking about getting a multi machine.....stick, tig & plasma cutter......but I was talked out of it by the salesman from Everlast.

His reasoning........the multi units have a lot more to go wrong. If one of the processes stopped working, then I would be without all the processes as it was being fixed. He said that a separate plasma cutter with a separate tig/stick would fit me better for what I do .

So I got the Power Plasma 50 and the Powertig 250 EX. Both kick butt. Very happy with the purchases.

[joseph.mowery]

I was also looking at the Dynasty 200DX. However, on single phase power the TIG output is 150A @ 60% duty cycle and the stick is 130A at a 20% duty cycle. And, the price of over $4k bones was getting harder to swallow. Ordered a Everlast 250EX instead.