Can you point me to the page where they compared the different brands. I can't seem to find this article? Thanks Greg
Greg, I will ask again....have you looked through the SIP section?
Did you know we have a sealey/siegen section too.
Need I say moreSiegen welders are Chinese, no better than the other no-name ones. Have you read the Sealey and SIP sections? Apparently not as you keep asking about them and state "seems like a good brand...".
Go with a Clarke, anything less is a waste of money. The one linked earlier will work fine. I started with a 130EN and it was a great machine.
Greg, I'm really starting to think you're trolling!
Clarkes are the forum favourite cheap diy make ,sealey is not well represented on the forum,i have owned a sealey xt 130(red sealey)and it was imho,as good as the snap-on(cebora)130amp i have also owned,and the clarkes 150amp on thin metal sheet ....however I use co2 and the start stop technique described in the tutorials as "THE thin metal technique",and i had welded before using the sealey...
The safe bet is the clarke,....sealey 130-140xt (red sealey) worth a look....... ,sealey seigen(yellow sealey) are very much unkown about....snap-on/cebora 130 are also well thought of as second hand purchases .....as a brand new purchase i would plum for clarke ,there's a wealth of info and weldquip stocks spares .......second hand ...clarke first.....sealey (red)...Snap-on/cebora/boc and leave the seigen,due to lack of reviews and information....
Could really do with an unbiased test Clarke against Sealey ,has been discussed as a topic for a forum meet ...
Yes they work, the weld will not be as nice as with gas but many thousand people are out there welding allsorts with them.
Its the same as every bit of machinery really, the best is so much nicer to use and gives an improved chance of decent work but the cheaper ranges can still be used to good effect with a little more care and time.