Hobbyweld

[Highway_Star]

Anyone using Hobbyweld bottles?

http://www.hobbyweld.co.uk

How long are they lasting?

 

[mike os]

for intermittent/ hobby use they are great, no rental, no return/exchange, just refundable deposit (iirc less £10 or so) and refill charge.

not used or welding as I have a rent free bottle from elsewhere for mig and a large bottle for tig that should do me another 2 years

I do have a o2 from them (not for welding really.) and will look at c2h2 when I run out

 

[adamsmitqc]

I use hobby weld, I have an arg

 

[Daz1968]

I use hobby weld but if I use 3 or more bottles a year I will take up the boc offer, gas is fine and works out much cheaper than disposables, main reason I went with it was I am coming to the end of my current project and didn't want to pay rental on something not used but also didn't want to have a welder and no gas in case I did need it.

 

[madkayaker]

we use them at work as we only occasionally do odd bit of welding they work fine but a decent days project will soon use the gas up. I do keep thinking about there acetylene when i get garage built

 

[gaz1]

whats the difference between these and boc y

as boc y has the 35.77 and refills at 25.54 20 liters
hobbyweld is the 60.00 deposit there of only paying for refills 30.00

9 liters bottles thoe

lol just found out my own answer

 

[Daz1968]

Also hobby weld is filled to 135 bar and boc to 200 bar so a lot less gas, but if you only use 1 or 2 hobby weld per year it's not worth paying the rental on the boc bottle.

 

[Highway_Star]

Yeah, this is what I'm thinking. Currently I have a Y sized Argoshield, however when it next needs changed I'm planning on handing it it in. I really don't use enough to justify it these days.

 

[gaz1]

im trying to figure out whats best for me as i have both boc y and hobbyweld near me

the boc y has its appeal if you have a lot of welding which i dont at the moment

the hobbyweld has the use and return and close the account, sort of just rent your bottle use collect another bottle later or start to use boc y bottles

then again ive only heard of hire a mig welder with gas can you actually hire just a bottle of gas instead ?

or would this be classified as just hiring it

 

[T0rnado69]

i thought the boc Y bottle are filled to 230bar.
well the last one i had was.

dunno if you have a elmdale welding near you.
but they do a one off fee to 10yrs right of use on there bottles.
depends how much welding your going to do i guess.