My first experience with welding of any kind was a MAPP gas rig. I went to buy an oxygen/acetylene rig, but the salesman at the welding supply company recommended the MAPP gas because at the time I was living in town, and it would be kept, and used, in the attached garage. He said acetylene leaks could be very dangerous, but that MAPP gas smelled strong enough that you'd notice it before it reached dangerous levels. It worked quite well for both cutting and welding. Of course, I was slow and my welds didn't look as good as I thought they should, but that salesman demonstrated it and could lay as pretty a bead as I've ever seen done with gas or electric.
Of course, the last few years, living in the country, I had a farmer neighbor who used the electric for welding and propane for cutting, and he, too, could do a lot prettier job than I ever could, cutting with that oxygen/propane rig.
