LOTOS MIG140 140A MIG Welder Advanced Auto MIG Synergistic Setting, Voltage Fine Tuning, Gas MIG Welding & Gasless Flux Core MIG Welding - Brown, 120V, Without Aluminum Spool Gun

The media could not be loaded. This is my first welder and now that I'm really into welding, I know that it's not going to be my last. But that doesn't mean it's not a great intro-level MIG welder. It's served me very, very well and never failed me. In fact, through several years of welding with it now, it's never failed me once. Now that I'm more advanced I might want a better regulator and gun and maybe even a 220 powered machine ... but this thing has been great.My video is from a recent roof rack welding project of mine using this welder. I use it inside and outside, and you'll see that i welded up a simple cart for the welder just so I can move it and the tank around.If you're new to MIG you'll need a tank and gas to make this baby work. I got mine at a local welding store. YOu'll also need more wire, as it comes with a very small spool. I found cheap wire at HFreight. Look for other welding accessories and you should be good to go (a mask is essential, you may also want gloves and magnets and the stuff for cleaning/protecting the head of the welder).This welder is entirely plus-and-play, meaning it was easy for me to learn how to use. MIG is a great place to start making solid welds, and I've been very happy with this affordable machine.

Wire that comes with it welds well. Gun is decent. I chose to grind one of the included nozzles down till it was flush with the tip. It welded a little cold before doing that like it had too much stickout. Afterward, the weld profile was much flatter and had better fusion at the toe. I also have switched the nozzle over on the gun so that I hold it like a tig torch. I'm not entirely sure how anyone points the nozzle down on a MIG and still hits the trigger, but everyone seems to do it. I can't though. I need to sit down and prop a pinky on something to weld smoothly. This gun allowed me to do that and use my index finger for the trigger. I really like that.The regulator is good. The machine seems to read accurately. I thought the ground cable was a bit dinky looking, but it doesn't get hot like my TIG machine clamp does at even 60amps. Some reviewers had an issue with the feed mech? Not sure if the company fixed it, but I've had zero problems running the wire that came with the machine. No slipping or birds nesting whatsoever, even with the cable in non-ideal positions.

This is the first, sincere review I've left for a product on amazon. My conscious would not be clear if I didnt. Truly a company that stands by their product.Much past the first year of my ownership of the welder I had a wierd issue arise that would cause the wire to just ball up as it came out of the gun and eventually just fall to the floor. I found that the wire feed mechanism was malfunctioning and the welder in general making a pretty loud racket. I contacted support and after some back and forth of photos and videos describing my problem they sent me both a new circuit board and and new feed motor assembly. This didnt fix the issue so they sent me out a replacement welder and paid postage to send the one I was having issues with back to them. Keep in mind this well past any warranty. This welder works perfectly and while i was initially frustrated at it failing to work reliably I was amazed at their efforts to make it right for me. Even when they had every ground to make me pay for shipping and for repair.All in all. A solid company to deal with that takes responsibility for their products. Would definitely recommend to anyone looking to get a decent welder at this price.

After setting up the welder and making a few short weld passes, I am very impressed overall. Since I have not had a chance to use it on a project yet, I really haven't tested the welder's capabilities. Nor have I tried to make any MIG welds.At this point, I can say the LOTOS welder is superior in almost all respects to the flux core welder it is replacing (which in all fairness is 24 years old). The LOTOS has greater control over welding parameters, the overall construction of the welder is vastly superior, it costs about the same as my original welder, it has MIG capability, and so far, the weld quality is significantly better.I look forward to using the welder on a real welding project and will try to provide an update afterwards.

It worked long enfo to use up the little spool that came with it but after buying a new tank of gas and a new spool of wire theres no power and im out all that money