HZXVOGEN 200A Stick Welder, 110/220V MMA Lift TIG Welding Machine with Hot Start Arc Force Anti-Stick IGBT Portable Mini Welder Machine Digital Display

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Exelente para aprender me a servido mucho y aún lo tengo después ya de dos años

Ours is for general light work around the house. If you follow their guidelines on the operation of the unit you should be ok, hopefully; these entry level ones are a crap shot, they either work or they don't, reminds me of the earlier era of the PC power supplies you would buy. Take care everyone.

I bought this welder because the work I do (installing solar street lights) requires lots of welding. I also wanted something small and light that I could carry in car all the time. The first job I did with this welder was to fabricate 2inch iron pipes to convert them to street light poles. I did 10 poles and burned more than 20 rods none stop. The machine did not overheat or show any sign of struggle. But for best results I had to put it at max on the dial 168A. From my experience, I expect the little machine to give me many hours of good work. It has a 2 year warranty which is a long time for a $100 welder. EDIT: After 4 more months and tons of welds, the little monster still works great! I must say that the first impression of this machine is a toylike product but boy wait until you start burning rods! Within a very short time you start giving respect to the little machine. From my experience it's a high quality product with a really good price. I used it to build a 14 feet steel water tower and for 2 days I burned rods from morning to evening. Not once did I notice any fatigue or sign of overheating. This is a GREAT PURCHASE! I recommend it. Attached some photos of the work the little welder did in 2 days.

This is an excellent low cost welder. It is constructed much better than I was led to believe. Easily welds small rods on a 110V/20A circuit with very precise current adjustment. 6013 rods a breeze to start and weld. I tack welded decades ago in a shipyard and nothing since and was doing good penetration welds with the first rod. Great for garage projects. Note that this is not sold as a true 220V welder. The adapter is a 220V welder plug connected to a standard 110V plug. ONLY ONE LEG OF THE 220V is used. This allows you to plug into to a 220V/30A circuit to get a 110V/30A circuit. Its a very clever way to get more amps as most homes have a 220V dryer either in the garage or adjacent laundry room. It allows you to use a heavy 110V extension cord you probably already have. Your dryer uses a special 220V plug so still have to adapt to the adapter. I can't speak for reliability or longevity, but if you have a critical repair to make, its certainly worth it.

I had a small machine like this before and it worked very well but I gave it away to my friend. I thought a machine like this would be the same. When I received it I didn't use it immediately as I was waiting for my helmet that was ordered as well. I finally used it about four weeks later. It worked fine for about five minutes with the amps cranked up to 200 because the rod was sticking. The next thing I saw was my circuit breaker popped and the machine didn't work anymore. I reset the circuit breaker and plugged it in again. The circuit breaker popped again and from then on, I knew that something was burnt and this pos was toasted. Too bad I cannot get my money back, I will keep trying.

Welder works better than expected on a 110V circuit. Only used 3/32 6013 rods so far, but it works great with those for an inexpensive little home welder. Still want to try it on 220V circuit to see if it works any better. The maximum length of bead I typically need is about 6 - 8 inches.

This is my second unit; the first one was defective out-of-the box (current adjustment was unstable and always drifted to zero), so I deducted one star for poor quality control. Got the second one and it's working like a champ. I'm surprised and pleased by the performance of a tiny little box weighing 4 pounds compared to the old "tombstone" welders. So far I've welded cast iron using 6013 rod. A bit of sticking sometimes on arc strike, but that's probably attributable to my long time away from welding. Lays down perfect beads with a very consistent arc. I've run it on both 110 and 220 - it's happier on 220, but works on 110.