I have been reading a lot of good reports on the Everlast machines, but I havent actually seen one so I wont comment. Hypertherm seems to be one of the leaders, but they are a little pricey. I own a older miller 625 spectrum. I believe I paid $1800 for it new when I bought it several years ago. You can buy better and cheaper now. Its isnt one of the dual voltage machines, just plain 220v. Its rated at 40 amps, I have cut up to 2in thick with it, but its more chewing and knawing than cutting. 1/2in it does pretty good. I think they claim 7/8 ?? but for good quality cuts, I think thats pushing it. I have mounted it in my homemade track torch and got decent cuts on 3/4, but its slow slow slow. I usually hook up my gas torch for anything that thick. Now that I think about it, I have a bunch of 1/2 plate laid out and plan on using gas to cut them with. Not that the plasma wouldnt do the job, I just dont have the compressed air capacity to make those long cuts. I dont know which machine I would buy if I needed to replace what I already have, but I do know I would replace my air compressor first and I wouldnt buy a machine rated at less than 40 amps.