Chris
The ESAB was actually my intended purchase in the 250 size, but the dealers around here no longer carried their products, although they all could get them. Thats the model we had at work and I really liked it. The guys had the unit buy them a second mig welder, a Lincoln 250, with all the bells and whistles, so they wouldn't have to keep changing the ESAB's setup between steel and the aluminum spoolgun. It wasn't too long before they were back to using the ESAB for both aluminim and steel. Not to cut down the Lincoln, as I mentioned in the previous post, it's what I use, but the ESAB is just so much more industrial.
Good tip on the lease back returns or the exchanged for bigger equipment. You really can get top of the line equipment at about half the price.
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