This is also posted over at Welderzone, which I believe is the preferred venue for these questions, but since there is activity here, I thought I would give it a try.

Have have several questions:

1) Has anyone had any experience with Ramsond inverters?
1a) If you have, did you have overheating problems with the 200P?

2) I am a relatively inexperienced TIG welder (took the Lincoln Class) and have only used machines with HF start. The Ramsond is a scratch start machine. Any downside to scratch-start technique? Is it difficult to master?

Please throw out any other considerations that you feel relevant regarding the purchase of a foreign-made inverter type welder.

Much appreciated,

Marc