AWT 160Amp MMA Welder, 110/220V Stick Welder Dual Voltage ARC Welding Machine Portable Welder Machine

Does what it says

I didn’t keep the machine, but it was not the machine‘s fault. It was the power source that I have I live in Puerto Rico. The electric here is terrible. But I do have to say, pound per pound dollar for dollar it was a fantastic machine If you’re not gonna be running a commercial business, I could see how this thing could last you the rest of your shop days If you buy it, you will not be disappointed

My husband loves this thing. Him and the neighbors fixed a cracked engine block with it. It work well and is great for lots of different welding projects.

Works great

The welder's fit and finish are decent, but the packaging was poor. The stick welder lead's insulation broke to pieces in the box. The clamp looks awful as well with the tiny pin holding the halves together backing out. Now, damage aside, the welder looks fine, the fit and finish are excellent, dials are smooth and it turns on. At some point when I've tested it, I'll update the review, should be pretty soon. I really do hope to be impressed enough to increase rating despite the damaged clamp.

So firstly, this is NOT a MIG welder. I don't know why they say it is. They say "Gasless MIG" in the description...and there is no such thing. It is a flux core wire feed welder. But I still give it five stars because it is amazing. The wire feed unit is solid. Which is rare in cheap welders. And the inverter makes one of the nicest arcs I've ever used on a wire feed. Very stable. To test it I welded about an hour on some .065 square tubing that I was building some things with. And it kept up like one of my big welders just fine. Then I welded a bit of .120 and it was just as good. I used the one pound of wire that came with it...just to see, and it was pretty good stuff. Holding it gets a bit heavy after an hour or so which is why I quit after an hour. But it certainly had no heating problems or voltage/current variations after that amount of welding. This using my Vantage 500 as a power source for it. So I'm running it off of a GFI 15 amp plug. I don't know how it would perform on a regular household outlet. I didn't try it but it should be similar. The wire feed nozzles are the same as the ones in my welding box. Standard. If I was going to suggest any change to it at all....it would be to build a better spool cover but that's a small thing on something in this price range. So this is going to be something I carry in the welding truck in one of the tool box panels and its gonna be used lots.