Who Makes The Best Mig Wire ?

[zoama]

Who makes the best ER70S-6 mig wire ?

Is there a difference in quality between manufacturers ?

Where do you buy ?

[Brian Ski]

Who makes the best ER70S-6 mig wire ?

Is there a difference in quality between manufacturers ?

Where do you buy ?

I guess I have not compared... But I usually get mine from Harbor Freight... It used to be if you broke $50 you would get free shipping... Plus there is a store nearby. They do stock it here...

http://www.harborfreight.com/0030-in...oll-42919.html

[SeanMurphy265]

Who makes the best ER70S-6 mig wire ?

Is there a difference in quality between manufacturers ?

Where do you buy ?

I buy cheap wire!!! but yes there is a difference and I know people who will only buy Lincoln wire. Lately I have been using Radnor wire and have had good luck, but I have read were people had problems. I have also used some inweld mig wire and tig rods with good luck.

A guy in my town has a machine/welding shop and bought a roll of cheap mig wire because a salesman told him it was good stuff. All of the sudden his machine started going nuts; he would weld and the machine would start sputtering and then clear out and run smooth. It continued over and over again and he thought something was wrong with his welder. He bought a new liner for his gun, new drive wheels, and it still did the same thing again and again. He finally unrolled 4-5 feet of wire and it had some some places where the wire was thicker than .045. He unrolled another 4-5 feet of wire and checked it as well and the same thing again. I have heard other people having similar problems. From what the guy told me he unrolled 25-30 feet of lincoln wire and checked it as well; he said it measured correct with no variances.

[performance]

National makes a GOOD wire.

But the best?

ESAB OK Aristorod 12.50

Without a shadow of a doubt.

For a decent cheapy...Techniweld.

[Trip59]

I'll never buy HF wire again. I buy Lincoln and Hobart at the lowest end. Chicago Electric was the worst wire I ever bought, so bad I stopped welding and pulled it from the machine. Bad arc, breaks, jams, crappy weld quality, etc.

[Brian Ski]

I'll never buy HF wire again. I buy Lincoln and Hobart at the lowest end. Chicago Electric was the worst wire I ever bought, so bad I stopped welding and pulled it from the machine. Bad arc, breaks, jams, crappy weld quality, etc.

Maybe next time I will have to give another kind a try... Hate to say it out loud... But I have never had a break or jam with their wire. I have used miles of it. As far as quality... Hard to say a lot of the stuff I use it on is rusty and dirty. Almost always used for fixing rather than projects.

[zoama]

National makes a GOOD wire.

But the best?

ESAB OK Aristorod 12.50

Without a shadow of a doubt.

For a decent cheapy...Techniweld.

Thanks, I'll try the Esab.

[X83]

I have good results with Harris ER70S-6 and if you compare the detailed specifications with Lincoln, Hobart, Radnor, Victor etc they're all identical in composition.

[CGCINC]

I have good results with Harris ER70S-6 and if you compare the detailed specifications with Lincoln, Hobart, Radnor, Victor etc they're all identical in composition.

I use Harris as well. Tried Hobart but the Harris feels better

[Rambozo]

Maybe these welders are tuned with Aristrorod, it's the one ESAB product that is made in China.

It's funny, where I used to work we had an ESAB that ran best on Hobart wire, and a Hobart that was best with ESAB SpoolArc 86. The machines were used for different jobs, but I always thought that was odd. If you swapped wires, neither machine worked as well. I was told at the time it had to do with the inductance of the machines as these did not have all the bells and whistles of modern MIG welders.

[Rodsmachineshop]

I use any wire that's the cheapest , to me they weld all the same to me if i adjust gas flow , some need more gas flow and some need less . most the time i use forney mig wire , since best price were i live

[zoama]

National makes a GOOD wire.

But the best?

ESAB OK Aristorod 12.50

Without a shadow of a doubt.

For a decent cheapy...Techniweld.

I can't find the Esab wire... any suggestions ?

[performance]

You can usually buy it through your local distributor. It is worth every cent trust me. Don't give up on it. Try the national brand next though if you just can't find it or order it through your lws.

Praxiar, Wescoweld.com

[Brian Ski]

I can't find the Esab wire... any suggestions ?

Hahaha.... Right after you said you would try it, I thought I would look into it... I found a 20 or 40Lb box of it on ebay and nothing else. I thought I would wait and see what you posted where you got it from. I can find listings for it but no retailers... At least in my limited looking. Was curious what the price is. If it is a little higher or extremely expensive.

[zoama]

Hahaha.... Right after you said you would try it, I thought I would look into it... I found a 20 or 40Lb box of it on ebay and nothing else. I thought I would wait and see what you posted where you got it from. I can find listings for it but no retailers... At least in my limited looking. Was curious what the price is. If it is a little higher or extremely expensive.

The 40lb roll on ebay is $115 with shipping... that's pretty steep.