Tech arc tig vs the brand name tigs

[Jim Davey]

The esab 2200 is a peach.i was in a workshop full of them, all brand new with factory water coolers . absolutely terrible.
Everybody hated them.the cooler would decide to shut off on its own, or not come on at startup, the amps used rise by 1 every time you pressed the trigger on a couple.
the torch switches regularly packed up.very limited ac freq and balance.very noisy on ac, squeals like a shook wasp hive.horrible to stick weld with, pretty much limited to 6013, and it cant even run them well.just shocking overall,and cost €4000 each x14 for w/c setup

With all their ups and downs I believe Murex/ESAB have been in the wilderness a little while now. For the same money an EWM Tertix 230 would've been a revelation to you.

 

[chris-law]

I thought if something was peachy, it was good, if it sucked it was a lemon? Why don't people speak proppa English no more?

I was stuck for the right word lol , yes Lemmon would have been better , I'm sure iv heard the term it's a peach meaning rubbish though , I'm probably wrong though lol

 

[wheresmejumper]

Have you seen the prices of peaches lately? Give me a nice home grome green apple any day.
There were a few 'old' machines knocking about in the workshop.lincoln invertec v300's and esab 300 amp dc tigs.properly nice welders.
I used the 2200i for aluminium only, for everything else I used a dust covered lincoln.

 

[Wallace]

I thought if something was peachy, it was good, if it sucked it was a lemon? Why don't people speak proppa English no more?

Yeah, no, init?

 

[Jan]

Da bomb!