looking to buy my first welder

My thoughts on the promig. I really dislike the fact that they built the contol pots into the main board and then made the stems plastic. If you accidentally hit one of the knobs with something while moving around the shop there is a good chance they will break. Then you need to replace the board which will run close to what you paid for the welder. The promig also got a less robust drive motor system than the powermig 140 which is their construction hades machine. I have replaced a couple of drive systems on then due to failure