I wanted to give this welder 5 stars, and I would have if not for a few minor things.First, it shipped amazingly fast. It got here in just 3 days when it should have been a week or two. It was well packaged too. The welder is definitely high quality, well built and lays down a nice solid bead of weld. The wand is high quality and works well, the controls feel solid and digital readouts are nice to have. It accepted a larger roll of .30 solid wire. It comes with metric tips: 0.8mm tips WILL WORK perfectly with 0.30inch wire.Ironically they will NOT WORK with the supplied small roll of 1.0mm wire that comes with the welder. It would probably work with a 0.35inch tip. This was the first reason why I have it 4 stars, it is NOT ready to weld right out of the box.The other reason I gave 4 stars was the Arc welding wand broke immediately. It must have been cracked in shipping or molded incorrectly because the ABS plastic that retains the metal clamp and spring broke around the machine screw that holds these two pieces together. It was easy enough to fix with a longer screw and a small washer.TAKEAWAY: This isn't your Dad's old Lincoln or Miller transformer mig. It is super lightweight, which may throw you off at first and make you question quality. Bit rest assured, once you get used to inverter technology and how a worldwide economy is changing the nature of "high quality manufacturing"- you'll see that this welder is more than worth the price and can keep pace with the old Legendary names.Would purchase again, would recommend to a friend.
Ron DeClercq 
