Which Mig Welder?

[LandyManLuke]

Portamigs get overlooked because

A) They're relatively unheard of.

B) They are no-nonsense - sheet metal case, no graphics, no plastic moulding, no LEDs.

C) There's no bolt-on Neon or Spinners kit (currently) available.

What you get for your money is (as already has been said) a british built welder with decent components (wire feed motor is akin to a coke can) and very good service. They come with a euro torch, regulator, and if Steve is feeling nice, gloves, spare tips, shrouds etc (ok they're not expensive, not the point).

I not an experienced welder, i've taught myself, and i'm still learning (a lot), but the portamig is the nicest mig i've used so far.

[Hybrid_From_Hell]

You seem to be contradicting yourself Nige.

Does seem good value though.

I do have to ask why we are covering this question AGAIN, surely a search would have found several recent threads full of opinions. (No, I can't be ar*ed to search it myself )

Hmmmmm

Bit odd that !

I have a mate who bought one of these, I used it to both teach him and weld up his cage, which I did sort of non stop as it had been tacked.

Take your point Nick, but I can only say it was a very nice quality bit of kit.

It may be that with the cagework, there was more stop and start than I relised, but it never tripped out and laid down nice welds. the 3 yrs warranty is nice, the knobs (ooer) smotth and the whole thing smacked of quality for the price, the duty cycle is lower than I would have said I thought it was / felt if you know what I mean, I was welding a mix of 6mm plate to both blue band 3.2mm wall and red band Erm Thicker maybe 4.something for around 3 hours.....

Strange......but for the money I would still say tough to beat ???

Nige