Technology is a wonderful thing sometimes and has brought all kinds of previously high-priced items into the realm of reality for many home hobbyists and automotive enthusiasts. One of the areas where this has been very obvious in the past few years is welders. While there are tool outlets like Harbor Freight that have been peddling affordable tools for a long time, they were not always the best quality. In recent years, Harbor Freight has made huge strides to improve the reliability and performance of its welder offerings and have also come out with a bunch of much fancier units that have features comparable to high-dollar welders. But following in Harbor Freight’s footsteps have been a bunch of companies selling welders online for insanely cheap prices.
As you can imagine, everyone wonders if they are worth owning and lots of folks have tried them with a variety of results. But now that there are many offerings and lots of people saying they are great, what about testing them with the idea of competing with high dollar welders? Are these cheap welders worth owning? Are expensive welders a ripoff?
Watch.
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7 Welders: Vulcan (Harbor Freight), Lincoln, Yeswelder, Flameweld, Azzuno, Warcking and Chicago Electric. MIG welders compared for welds using both flux core and solid wire with shielding gas. Performance comparison includes weld penetration, weld strength, ability to weld very thin material, and current stability over 5 minutes. A big “thank you” to Virgil for helping test the welders!
