HBM200

I got this last week and within a couple of hours had set it up and started gasless mig welding. I wrote a review but thought I should wait till I have used it a few times and give it a proper check. I'd only ever done a bit of arc welding in the past and was worried that this would be a steep learning curve- but it wasn't. It's a breeze to use. I wish I had gotten one sooner. Here's some tips - the manual isn't brilliant , so you need to spend 20 minutes carefully getting it set up. Get the wire spool, but don't untie the end of it until you have put it on the spool holder in the machine - then when you are ready to cut with snips, grab the end so it doesn't flap loose , and hold the plastic spool at the same time to stop it spinning. Then thread the wire into the bit that looks like a spring , the wire should be coming off the spool in anti clockwise direction (ie from the bottom), and then start to get it ready to go through the 2 small wheels - then plug it in (comes with uk plug) ,power it up with button on the back , connect the gun/torch end and press the trigger and it will feed the wire through, all the way to the tip and leave 5mm or so showing. Plug the ground connector in and then you are ready to go. It's that simple. Use a few pieces of scrap to work out what power setting you need and then the machine pretty much does it for you in terms of wire feed speed. If you have it too high on thinner pieces you'll soon find out as it will just blow holes right through your metal. If you have it too low, you'll be able to just see that it's not penetrating and spatters around the surface of the metal. I am just a hobbyist and tinkerer , but I am pretty sure this is a very good , solid machine. I have a mate with a very expensive one, and he's always messing about with the wire feed and it blocking and sticking - so far this has had zero problems and 100% satisfaction. It's portable and easy to use. Only downside that I can see is that the manual could be better, and be clearer. It comes with a flux core wire spool that will last you a while too. The brush isn't great either but I think it's false economy with the machines that have a mask and brush and extras , as they arent great and you just want a good machine, which this is , no doubt. By the way - I ordered in the morning and it was here by 6pm the same night. Amazing really. Good company. Yes, I was surprised - I wasn't sure it would be any good at all, but the 30 day money back guarantee clinched it for me. Happy Days!

What a brilliant home DIY car repair welder, I am a qualified mechanic and needed a home welding kit for my project cars and bikes. The unit is smaller than I thought but packs a great punch, tested on a 500kg cast iron block and the results were really good the flux wire that comes in the kit is spot on and the stick weld is as good. Somewhere down the line I will get the tig adapter for it, but as is I would recomend it. 5******

I was a bit worried with this in the beginning. And I’ll explain why in a moment. Let me say first off that when I had a play around with the amps on the set I must say I was quite impressed with the quality and finish of the weld. I was using this set for thin wall material 2mm but on lower amps there was a lot of porosity I can only assume this was down the the flux in the wire core not getting to the temperature required to shield the pool. Like I said though, after a play with the amperage I managed to make some really decent quality welds. Very happy, 4 out of 5 stars for me on this one.

This is a really nice little purchase. Welds great. But plastics in the mechanism so is not super robust but lefit welder. Not sure about dependability long term in high usage but so light and handy.

I purchased a welding machine from your brand and used it only a few times within less than a year. I noticed it would stop welding shortly after starting. Upon inspection, I found the fan wasn’t working due to a broken wire caused by a factory assembly defect. Even after replacing the fan, the machine continued to malfunction. I eventually had to dispose of it and am very disappointed with the product’s quality.

First of all I want to say that I have only used a gas mig welder once a couple of years ago. This was incredibly easy to setup, the instructions are pretty crap, as they don’t actually show how to setup the wire, but I found a great YouTube video. I bought a good set of gloves and mask also from Amazon to go along with this as the machines that come with masks and gloves are usually 💩! I bought this machine to learn, I was keen to get a gas mig welder for a while, but because I am only a hobbyist and keeping gas and the space is a bit much, I chose gas less. Obviously there is more ‘splatter’ with gas less, but you make sacrifices for the portability, cost and convenience. I had a go the same evening it arrived welding some old brake pads to brake discs (this is all I had lying around), but the goal is to get good enough to do bits on my car (doors etc). Only tip I will give readers - when setting it up, it may sound obvious, but keep a finger pressed on the roll of wire until you’ve fed it into the machine, if you lift it even slightly like I did, the spool springs off and you lose about a quarter of the roll….

Top bit of kit, does everything it says on the box, performs much better than I expected for such a compact 3 in 1 and it comes at a decent price. 👍👍👍

Two prong connection fitting , thread is defective but stays in regardless. Up and running in 15 minutes quite simple to assemble.For some reason the 0.8 flux cored wire worked best on 20 amps ? Bit oddbut So be it .All in all should do the job . Review written by a welder with 45 years experience.