Air Liquide Weld Team flux-core wire

[Farside]

I'd struggled through the last couple of reels of Super Six, and put a reel of flux-core Weld-Team on.
Holey Drawers! The difference - night and day - suddenly the machine became a welder again and not a maker and distributor of smoke and blobby melted metal.
And here's the best bit - I only got the Air Liquide wire because my local supplier started stocking it out of the blue and had nothing else in - turns out that was a lucky break, as the other stockists in the area only had the Super Six anyway.

http://www.airliquidewelding.com/en/about-air-liquide-welding/our-brands/weldteam.html

 

[Tinbasherdan]

Super 6 is atrocious, to the point where I will drive 30 miles out of my way to find something better

 

[Farside]

It had got to the point I'd started to wonder if I'd lost my touch - I don't claim to be wonderful at it, but I knew I was better than that; either that or the machine was pegging out. The Super Six is just totally inconsistent; some reels are quite passable, but these last two were bloody awful. I suppose they're sourced from whoever can knock it out cheaply enough, and these days that's probably somewhere in China, with not much in the way of QC to interfere with the price. Problem I have locally is the dearth of suppliers and now I've found this supply, I wouldn't be at all surprised if it was a one-off. I can only hope they continue to stock it.
I had a look at the label, but it doesn't say what standard it's made to or whether it's the same as E71T-GS, or anything else. If it's actually made by Air Liquide, I hope they maintain the quality.
Whatever happens, I'm avoiding SuperSix like the plague from now on.