got a good laugh, over welder description
you tend to get what you pay for, and Im only too aware most of us are not rolling in spare cash so cost is important

a few months ago my brother-i-law purchased one of these HF flux core mig welders , we tried it for about and hour then returned it, cost at the time was $199
http://www.harborfreight.com/110-amp...der-94164.html

a good description I saw on a different site was
"it has two settings
(1) too cold nothing sticks well
(2) too hot tends to burn thru then cool and stick then rapidly heat in cycles
I could not stop laughing because that DOES describe what we also found out

he eventually bought one of these
cost at the time was $299
http://www.homedepot.com/buy/plumbin...der-41697.html

it at least functioned, but was not really very useful, and while it welded it left welds that looked like crap

so he sold it and bought one of these, it worked just fine on thin sheet metal like floor pans and fenders once the correct wire and shield gas was connected
cost at the time was $399
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1...&storeId=10051


but I don,t think hes used it since I bought my mig
http://www.welders-direct.com/mm5/me...ory_Code=m-mig

 

The harbor frieght are poo. I had to rebuild my dads when the nylon tube inside the gun/line connecting the gun to the welder eventually wore through and the wire wouldnt feed anymore.

Eventually I convinced him to get the eastwood 175 mig with aluminum spool gun for free and its worked great! Liked it so much he ended up getting the plasma gun and TIG200 for 1000$. havent used them yet but if its like the MIG then its a well priced product.

I used the lincoln weldpack for my job for light tubing welding and it is what it is... better than the freight but still poo compared to the eastwood.

 

Ive used the last two. The very last one is nice imo. I used it a year straight in my welding class with no hiccups. Very reliable and leaves a nice weld

 

I picked up a used miller 440 off ebay and havent looked back at any of those machines

Well worth my $500