What Mig Welder To Get For About £300?

[Supersport2 12 1 Cars]

I'm after a new welder and wondering what people's opinions are??

Edited April 24, 2015 by Supersport2

[aldworth33 45 1 Cars]

I bought a cheap sealey gas no gas welder the other week for 180, the gas conversion kit (comes set up for flux cored) a little bottle of gas and some welding wire weren't much more so well under 300 and it seems decent, I have used it with the flux core just to see what it's like as I'm quite experienced with mig welding but never used gasless plus it was outside and breezy and I was impressed.

 

The welder itself is pretty simple but if its just hobby stuff like mine is then it'll do the job

[Goliath 94]

I have a clarke 100e which does me nicely for upto about 3-4mm thick metal. Can't remember what I paid for it now but i seem to think it was about £200 brand new, with a small gas bottle and some wire.

[jamie_1992 66 1 Cars]

iv got a sealey supermig 200 and its brilliant dose all i need to on my car and puts up with all the repairs on the farm, i got it from a company on ebay who recondition them, this one was an ex demo and almost brand new they go for about £1200 in the sealey catalogue but i paid a little over £300

[arbor 2]

I've had my Cebora mig for years now, restored mk1/2 fiestas, subarus and peugeots. Never failed after hours of welding, bought second hand also marketed as snap on welders. If your doing much welding try and find a Hobbyweld stockist for gas, I use hobbyweld 5 mix.

[cheesegrater 43 1 Cars]

Check out rtech welders they're excellent for the money. I think a 150 will fall in to your price range. If not a murex 140/141 are decent and under £300.

[Supersport2 12 1 Cars]

I currently have a sip 150 turbo, which has helped me with mk1 fiestas, mk1 golfs and 205s, but it's got on my nerves too many times, fluctuating power and major feed issues, so something between 150 and 180, with gas and wheels. I've seen swp, a make I'm not aware of.

[aldworth33 45 1 Cars]

Sip's smaller stuff is definitely worth avoiding, the feed issues are well known however I used a large sip profession mig welder for 2years daily with no issues just regular nozzle, wire and gas changes as you'd expect

[Supersport2 12 1 Cars]

I got a swp 210! Seems canny. Got a good price on it. Haven't fired it up just yet!

[stumpyjag 6]

Sorry for hijacking your post but you can write what I know about welders on the back of a stamp.

 

I have a small amount of welding to do on my cti and as I was once trained how to weld I thought I would do it myself. So would this one be ok for a small amount of basic welding.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sealey-MIGHTYMIG100-Professional-No-Gas-Mig-Welder-100-amp-230v-Gasless-inc-wire-/121636346878?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1c52175bfe

 

Thanks as usual.

[Tom Fenton 1,541]

The gasless welders in my experience are awful. Get one that uses gas is my advice!

[aldworth33 45 1 Cars]

If you get the mighty mig 150 instead of the 100 then if you don't like the gasless it can run on gas too

[stumpyjag 6]

Thanks for the advice