Hobart welder quality?

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I am new to this site, I am nothing more than a hobby welder doing my own fixes most of the time with a Hobart Handler 140. My question is about a Hobart Cybertig LT-200. The gentleman I work for wants a mig/tig/stick welder and I came across one of these and was wondering what the quality and longevity of this unit is. Any comments on this would be helpful. Thanks.
Reply:The older Hobart's were industrial quality machines, on par with Lincoln and Millers. I believe when Hobart was bought up by the parent company of Miller, the decision was made for Hobart to concentrate on the "hobbyist" and light industrial market, while Miller produced the heavier industrial machines.I believe the cybertig is one of those older Hobarts. I can't comment on this machine, but I've run a few of the older Hobart industrial machines and they are quite well built.I don't see the Cybertig LT200 on Hobarts manual list. However all the Cybertigs I looked at are CC only machines. That means this really isn't a mig machine. Mig really needs Constant Voltage rather than Constant Current like these are. You can get a Voltage sensing feeder (VS) but they really don't run as nice on CC as CV. You will need to run large wire in spray transfer mode mostly in flat or horizontal. Vertical and overhead will be a PITA compared to a CV power source.You have a couple of choices. Use this and then add a stand alone mig machine. That lets you do stick and AC/DC tig with the CC machine, and small to medium wire mig in short arc for thin to say 3/8"+ metal depending on the amps of the machine.Get a multi purpose power source like an XMT. This gives you stick and DC tig, and you can run any wire feeder on this VS or RC. The down side is that the XMT 304 doesn't have a gas solenoid, so you have to use a torch with the gas valve, or get an adapter box that includes it like the HF box. The other issue is that its DC only. You wont have AC tig with this set up.Hope this helps..No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth! Ronald Reagan
Reply:Thank you for that, I appreciate your input it certainly helps.