Telwin vs Esab

[Alex Turner]

Hi,

Disclaimer, Very new to any kind of welding and not for professional use.

Having read around I've concluded that for starters MIG is the way to go.

I'm either going for the Esab Caddy 200i or the Telwin Technomig 215.

As far as I can tell the Esab is the better machine although its gonna cost me around 200 EUR more.

Advantage of Telwin is that it does both MIG & TIG.

Any experiences with either machine or comments appreciated!

 

[Windy Miller]

I have the ESAB. It's a great little machine so I'd vote for it, but the Telwin might also be great! I've had a couple of ESABs over the years, and I really rate them.

 

[Robotstar5]

Something else to consider is do they both have decent local support?

...and welcome to the forum.

 

[Alex Turner]

thanks both for your replies.

Both Esab and Telwin seem to have pretty good support. I think i'll go for the Esab they bundle in 3 hours of on site training..

 

[Kent]

Three hours on site training sounds a good deal from.a good company

 

[Robotstar5]

You can't beat "hands on" training.