Just picked up my order from Home Depot. Here are the settings I used for cutting.
Basic Model
Speed: 184
Power: 100 (Full) Basic Full Power
Focus Height: .138 in or 3.5mm (check you thickness it might vary)
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I assume not a Pro…
If you want to send me a sheet, I’d be happy to test it on FULL (Pro), you know, for the good of the community…
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100 (full) ? Which is it? 100 or full?
Isn’t 100% full?
Clearly not as you can set it for 100 or for full which is beyond the 100 on the scale.
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Ah! You do have a Pro.
No, 100% is the same on all models. FULL is only on the Pro and Plus.
Nope. 100 is 100 regardless of which model but full/pro is not the same as full/basic.
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My apologies, I just assumed it was a shortcut for 100%.
It is confusing the way they do it. However, now it means you don’t need to send me a sheet. Darn…
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It does sound whacky since 100% is 100% and should in theory be the limit. I liken it to the gas turbine engines I worked on in the navy. We had 100% power and then we also had military over ride or the real 100% I guess lol.
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The concept is that “X” setting will give the same results on all machine.
… unless it’s FULL, then, well, no. 
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Yeah… that just about covers it! lol…
While that’s true, it’s got nothing to do with the GF. The power scale is not a linear % scale (nor is the speed scale numbers that are something sensible like mm/sec).
Full is 100% (available) power. Available because it’s still less than the max the tube can produce - it’s more along the lines of 100% of the power that will result in reasonably long lifetimes without burning out early.
0-100 are the same on all models. Full is different (40W-ish vs 45W-ish).
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Pretty sure Full is on all 3 models but the power output will be less on the Basic. I have a Basic and I’m positive I have the Full option in the settings…
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Yes. There is a setting for both 100% and full on my basic. Why have a different settings option for power if there is no difference? Kind of a grey area. How much more power than the governed 100% ?
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Interesting… and confusing.
I wonder if that’s a way to guarantee performance as the machines age. 100% might be set to 30W, which all machines can achieve even given variance in tubes. FULL would be “give me all she’s got”!
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It also just occurred to me that the setting I gave are not 100% clean machine. So YMMV.
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As always, non-PG settings should always be considered starting points.