It is small and pretty light. About half the size I was expecting. I don't know why I was expecting it to be bigger but I was. When I picked up the box off of the front porch I was surprised to see "20 pounds" on the label.The air hose from the regulator to the gauge is too short and kinks. That's disappointing and I'll have to buy an "L" fitting for that hose to keep it from remaining kinked. It doesn't seem to affect the gauge reading but will damage the hose over time.The parts in the torch head were installed loosely. I've seen many reviews complaining that it doesn't fire the first time they tried so they returned it. If the factory would have assembled the torch parts tight they could reduce the return rate I think. I tightened everything up before firing it the first time and it fired with no issues. Others have said that when they fired the torch it didn't fire and they solved the issue by tightening the parts, so that's the first thing I did.Regarding the torch, mine didn't come with that little safety lever covering the torch button like I've seen in videos. I'm glad because that seemed annoying and would have been one of the first things to get flung.The hose barbs for the regulator are not pipe threads, so it doesn't tighten up as you thread them in. They screw all the way in smoothly and easily, so you need to use pipe dope on the threads to prevent leaks. I don't think teflon tape will be good enough. Others have said theirs came with a small roll of teflon tape but mine didn't. I used Tru-Blu thread sealant (pipe dope) and they are tight and leak free. I only installed a hose barb on the regulator output, because I used an air fitting on the input so I can chuck an air hose into it. The air fitting was threaded properly and teflon tape would have worked fine there, but I used pipe dope on it as well since I always prefer that over teflon tape.The electrical cord grommet on the back of the machine is sloppy loose which will require me to remove the cover and tighten it. Since I will ultimately be replacing the cord with a longer one with the proper plug on it (a NEMA L14-30P since that's what I have standardized on in my shop and what comes on 220V generators), I have decided to replace the cord grommet with a proper strain relief grommet and tighten it up properly when I put the new cord on, but if I were to want to leave this cord on, then I'd have to remove the cover and tighten it up. That's a fail from an assembly quality standpoint.The ground clamp cord is ridiculously short. About four feet is all it is. The torch cord is nice and long, maybe eight feet (Update - twelve feet), but the stupidly short ground clamp is disappointing because otherwise it seems nice and sturdy. I don't know what they saved by shorting me on grounding clamp cord, but it resulted in wasting the whole thing which is sad.I'll update this as I learn more.Update:I took the power cord off and replaced it with a new 12/4 SOOW cord. The plasma cutter only needs 12/3 but I bought more than I needed for the plasma cutter and just used ten feet of it for the cutter, so 12/4 it is. I wired up all four of the wires to a new NEMA L14-30P plug but only connected the black, red and green wires inside the plasma cutter. I heat-shrinked the end of the white wire inside the plasma cutter's cabinet and tie-wrapped it off so that it doesn't flop around. If you are replacing your cord with a longer, better one, then just get 12/3 SOOW and don't worry about the extra wire. I didn't make a NEMA L14 to 120v adapter because I don't plan on ever using the plasma cutter on 120 volts.I replaced the cheap plastic orange air tube that came with the CUT-50 with a more flexible clear tube that won't kink. and I ordered a 15' grounding cord from Amazon to replace the ridiculously short 4' one that came with the unit.After my upgrades, the plasma cutter is much more useful to me and seems more heavy-duty. It cuts well and seems like it'll last for a long time, but only time will tell.I've attached updated pictures.