mike 109444
Member
- Messages
- 4,672
As I have seen on forum posts many times the quality of flux core wire varies a lot form brand to brand and seemly from batch to batch! The same also must apply to solid wire. Again there have been post to this effect. When you look for wire of 0.8 mm and up then there are plenty of "branded" ones available (some brands better than others) But when looking for the 0.6 at a fare price there are a lot of unbranded or not indicated brand wires listed (I am talking ebay listings). occasionally there are one or two that show a brand box but tend to be a bit pricier. So what good brands at fair price has any one experience of in the 0.6 mm. I know the average price for the unbranded 0.6 x 5kg tends to be £ 18 to 24 ish but would pay the £28 to 35 range if it was really noticeable better.
Ones used todate
Clarke = fair weld quality
Screwfix fair to poor quality
Halfords SIP (think it was another brand but on shelf and bought at SIP price) fair quality
Philpot and cowling (15kg wire basket spool) fair to good BUT went rusty on spool due to wire basket spool so had to junk 2/3's of it !
As a lot of places on ebay are offering the click and collect option or even free post then the cost of shipping such a weighty product has diminished (been included in the price!)
Any brands + ball park prices AND suppliers anyone ?
Ones used todate
Clarke = fair weld quality
Screwfix fair to poor quality
Halfords SIP (think it was another brand but on shelf and bought at SIP price) fair quality
Philpot and cowling (15kg wire basket spool) fair to good BUT went rusty on spool due to wire basket spool so had to junk 2/3's of it !
As a lot of places on ebay are offering the click and collect option or even free post then the cost of shipping such a weighty product has diminished (been included in the price!)
Any brands + ball park prices AND suppliers anyone ?