SSIMDER Welding Stinger Electrode Holder with Lead and Ground Clamp, Supports Dinse 10-25 & 35-50 Connectors, 600A Heavy Duty Welding Rod Holder for ARC Stick Welding, Home DIY, Auto Repair

Well. This little machine is absolutely amazing.I've been using an old Clark 140 for years.Welding structural steel.Was alright, but not great.This thing. Wow.Handled 3.2 no problem.Laying 10mm slugs with ease.Welding bolt plates onto rsj.Abusing it for 3 hours straight, didn't cut out. Didn't give up.Really low spatter too.Excellent machine. Weighs nothing.Clamp and holder are decent too.Really happy with it

For it's size performs well

Does the job

Out of the box DEAD! I put a return in but needed a welder that day as my mig welder had developed an issue. No lights on the new welder, so I checked the fuse. OK working. Next case off to check for anything obvious and yes, the positive lead from the switch was detached. I reconnected it, turned it on and it came to life. On use, it is very good, with anti-stick, etc the screen will tell you the right rod diameter for the amperage. The duty cycle seems good and has worked without fail for the past week. Colour me impressed lol!!

There very good value

Unfortunately a decent set of cables let down by an extremely poor quality earth crocodile clamp."Bean Tin" metal coupled with a strong spring is not a good combination and the clamp handles failed after first use.

These welders draw alot of power it would continuously trip the breaker whatever I turned it on, had to remove the plug and wire it to my cooker switch to prevent this happening, it worked great after that thou id recommend getting two millimetre rods the ones that come with it are 1.6 you get a lot of flux and no metal

Did some welds when I received it and it performed well.I've not used it for five months and when I powered it up, it emitted some loud crackles and pops and was dead. As I have had it over six months I emailed the supplier and I'm awaiting a response. I decided the easiest solution was to check it out myself and found the mains supply from the 13 Amp plug were very poorly terminated. I've cut back the cable and soldered the Line & Neutral to the two spade connectors it came with. I think, considering the issue with L&N conductors, I better check the earth as well. There seems to be a problem with the crimping of the spades to the conductors, as individually the look to be of a decent quality.UPDATE: The manufacturer contacted me but I'd already repaired it myself. I had to change the 240 volt cable as it seems to be cheap, copper coated aluminium, and it corrodes, in my case, after seven months. Welder now works great again. A good product let down by penny pinching on one component.