walked in to my local Esab dealer to see what they could offer(didnt even bother going there in the first place since that place usualy is quite expensive,i gues i was wrong,again.) and they had the 160 in stock and at a very good price, unfortionaly i did not have enough money with me to buy it but i will get back to them on monday and purchase the welder,had a good talk with the salesguy who confirmed that this is the right machine for what i am doing :blob: