I have a 87 dollar wire feed flux core welder I bought at Harbour freight on a trip to the USA years back.
I am not much of a welder, but it sticks and has paid for itself my times over.
If it looks bad I run a grinder over and make a few more passes.
I looked at a Chinese 3 in 1 tig, stick and plasma cutter recently.
Kind of interested in that because I know its cheaper to own one machine that does things moderately well than no machines and having to pay for a bead or cut.
Off on a rant last night.
Had to deal with young people at work who have no concept of how anything works, they just wire it up and run away.