fincord vs esab

[davidjohnperry]

hey guys been welding up skips for the last few days. been using fincord rods 6013 3.2s but i found some esab rods in my old mans secret stash of rods did not see what esab ones they were just a yellow and black box marked esab.
question how much dearer are they to the fincord rods as i don't really like using them and them esab ones run like a dream and are they a better quality of rod then the fincord rods.
question two which one is generally the better rod?
or should i just man the f up and learn to weld properly with fincords and post some good pictures for once. :-D
as always look forward to the reply's
all opinions welcome.

 

[norlander]

Esab were probably my favourite rod-handy length, not too hard to restart and good for vertical and o/head, nice fillets and usually peelers so just flick the slag off.
Use what you find works best when you can is what I do.
Are you using the esabs on the same amps as the fins? maybe up the amps for the fins and do a comparison with the esabs?.

 

[davidjohnperry]

I usually burn rods a few amps higher as the metal I weld is not the best. But I find the fin cords at 120 the rod seems to burn up quicker with less metal down as the esabs burn nice at that amps.