I have all three. I find that I have to speed my long stroke up a lot to get nice black and grey with it. I LOVE my short stroke neotat for black and grey. My coworker won't use anything but a mid-stroke neotat for black and grey portraits.
I think the mid stroke is a great all-around machine. It does really nice black and grey at about 9 - 10 volts, and I will thin down my colors a bit and run it at aobut 6 or 7 volts for color work.
If, after using it for a bit, you decide you want to work more with color, maybe add a long stroke. If you want to make black and grey nice and silky, try the short stroke. If you ever decide that you don't need two, and want to scale back, there will always be someone in the market for a new neotat. Put it up on ebay, and it will be gone in a snap.
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