Thread: MIG welder recomendations

For what its worth my opinion is:

On the specs alone the Transmig looks to be the the most cost efficient.
That does it for me would be the 16 voltage steps against the 9 of the WIA.

For the material type and size and size you are welding the 15 amps extra in the output amps means little for an extra .
the smaller of the cig models the 220 will do you well.
Is the extra 15 amps worth several hundred dollars for the WIA model?

Transmigs have a long history of being the premier model in light industry. Save these extra dollars for other goodies.

Grahame

I have been looking at similar sized welders and have decided on the Unimig 270

21 voltage steps
30-250A
100% at 210A
$2580 compact
$3230 seperate wire feeder

The claimed duty cycles for the trade series unimigs seem a lot higher than most other brands... maybe I am just another sucker who believes everything he readds!

Probably worth noting that with these larger single phase welders you will need a higher current powerpoint to use them to there fullest. I can't remember eaxctly but I seem to recall they specify a 25 or 32A outlet on a Transmig 250/Unimig 270 sized machines.