Sorry to hear about your bad experience TRC. I use my Vantage 300 with remote everyday on live gas mains ranging from 3/4" to 20" pipe and up to 960psi line pressure. I have yet to have any issues and I love my Vantage. My Vantage is a '10 model, we also have an '05 model that the board keeps going out on, three times so far. Our local Lincoln rep said, as of last week, the boards from newer model vantages ('09 and newer) cannot be retrofit to older vantages, that's just what we were told.