Love this as my little portable tig machine. Value. Lightweight.

Works great! Used with 7018 only so far. It will weld with 120V power, but not nearly as well. Made a huge difference when I hooked it up to 220V. The hot start is really great when doing original tack welds. Experimenting with the hot start and arc force settings. Have finished a lot of projects with this inexpensive little welder. Welded some heavy farm equipment with professional looking results. This does everything I need so far. Have not used it for TIG yet. Still collecting the equipment for that. Will add to this review when that happens.

For a little over $100 this little welder is worth every penny. Very small and light and runs 7018 1/8” no problem. Only dislike is the cheap stinger but that’s to be expected.

I had my doubts. watched several online videos and reviews. This small portable welder works great.mostly for small home projects, not really made for long heavy duty use. although it can handle up to 1/2" pieces using 220V . I am very pleased with this welder. 220/ 110V plug included

This is my first welder, and it is a great one,. Easy to use, and it is quite sound in its making. It has many built in safety features, and comes with a nice set of instructions. I am learning to weld in a self taught way and so far so good. Watched many videos and read many books on welding. Mainly the do's and don't, the should always do, and the you should never do as well. because of the extremely high amperage used in welding, it should be taken very seriously. This machine can produce up too 145A Amps in the 110 volt mode and even more in the 220 volt mode , and it only takes a half of an amp to kill someone . So one must always be on the alert any time the machine is powered one . i am having so much fun welding stuff, especially the things i thought were broken for good, now they are fixed and working well. My welding may not be the most beautiful there is, but i think i am getting better with every day. Fun thing to have , but safety first, always . .

As long as you have reasonable expectations that this is a home use welder, it's really nice. Very small and light and strikes very easily. Much easier to use on 240v than 120v but you could get by in a pinch with 120v. Can't beat it for the price.

Had my professional welder buddy first try it on a small job. He was very impressed as was I. Now I know it works perfectly what I do now is purely on my own self and skill level. No doubt it's meant for small do it yourself jobs. 120 or 220 made little difference. Important to have 30 amp source like the gas generator I have for my rv. Used multiple rod types all worked okay. Fantastic little welder. I would highly recommend this exact model. Just make sure you have 30 amp source, this is key to your success.

I was a little apprehensive about buying an inexpensive DC welder for occasional use but this model has performed rather well. Weld times must be kept shorter than say a 250A $3500 Miller but it hasn't shut down so far. I welded a layered bead on my wood splitter.....three passes on 3/8" plate with 1/8" 7018 rod. The rods were consumed within say 3-4 inches but the welds looked good. I had to play with the settings to achieve a good presentable bead. It has overload and overheating trip circuits for protection. The rod clamp is definitely designed for smaller hands so I robbed a larger old one off an old welder. I haven't tried the TIG torch yet but I expect it will work just fine. I'm satisfied.

Excellent delivery service: ordered on 4th Sep, shipped on 6th, arrived at door on 9th Sep. Thank you seller!Product arrived in good visual condition and is as advertised. Purchased electrodes and protective gear from local hardware store and will update when unit is put to test.

The ARC205DS is a small, very lightweight, and capable arc welder once you get it dialed-in, it is ready to weld right out of the box with very minimal setup (ie attach ground & electrode leads to welder and plug it in), just add welding rods and steel. I tested it with 3/32" 6013 (Forney), 3/32" 7018 (Forney), & 1/8" 7018 (ESAB) on 3/16", 1/8", 1/4", & 3/8" mild steel all using 220VAC with the dial to adjust current as needed. As others have reviewed the DRO for current is off, my findings approximate it is off by as much as ~30% in some cases (ie dialed-in at 100A but actually running 70A as verified with a DC clamp meter). I found it will weld all three rod types on the thicknesses tested but likes the 7018's the best (both 3/32 & 1/8), by far...anything with 6013 seems to start very cold and once it begins running you have to pay very close attention to puddle density or blowing a hole in the work is definitely possible, at least up to 1/4" thick. In fact, once I began testing on the 1/4"+ plate w/ 7018 x1/8" rods I had the DRO on 135A and found it would scratch start "ok" and would run good beads, but if anything lower than 130A it struggled to start. Using the 6013's it also appeared to struggle with leveling out the electrode current even after start, arc headspace was critical while laying down the entire bead. In the last hour of testing I was using 7018 x 1/8" ESAB rods, DRO set to 145A on 1/4" & 3/8" plate and found it ran great, started fine, no issues. Ran butt joints, vertical ups, and lap joints just fine, penetration appeared ok...I never could get the 6013's to perform like they typically do on say a Miller or Lincoln SMAW welder, but this box doesn't have the associated cost of the other brands either. Although it took about four hours to get it dialed-in for my applications I'm happy with the cost to quality ratio for home use, if I was buying this for production I would be ultra-cautious and never go in cold on a production piece without a few test runs on comparable material. The electrode, ground, and source AC cables are very flexible but they do have a plastic (not sure it's even a PVC) insulating jacket so I would be vigilant around hot work with the cables. Some have reviewed the stinger spring as weak, but in the unit I received it's definitely not the case, plenty of tension in the 'gator jaws' and it will accept electrodes at 90 degrees, 45 degrees, and 180 degrees ( - | ); the ground clamp is a bit flimsy but it does have braided copper band between the teeth and is strong enough for its purpose. The little welder is impressive in terms of cranking out the amps, but it is finicky on the type of electrodes used, leveling the current during the weld (at least on the 6013's I tried), and striking the arc (again using the 6013's). Unsure why this particular YesWelder product comes in black when all of their other products appear to be painted light blue or seafoam green, could represent an older/newer product or a run made especially for Amazon, but rest assured it is just like the one pictured.

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Muy buena soldadora, tiene muy buen acabado y trabaja perfecto,

Es muy buena compra, se la regale a mi esposo, llego al tiempo esperado que no fue mucho y muy buena calidad y a mi esposo le encantó ahora ya puede hacer trabajos en casa