Welder to replace my Clarke 151 (£650 budget)

[elobire]

So I'm a bit sick of my Clarke 151en, it's decent enough when it works but I keep running into wire feed issues and I dont like having to set 3 different switches just to get the right voltage...
I think it's about time I get something much better so I have a budget of around £650 to replace it, I have found a few after a bit of research so I'm just wondering if anyone thinks there's one in particular that I should pick or have any other suggestions. Most of my welding is on car restorations so I dont really need anything that will do over 4mm.

R-Tech 180
Paton StandardMIG 160
Parweld XTM 161i

I'm leaning mostly to choosing the Parweld, it seems like it has some nice features like synergic control that the other dont and just looks a little bit more high quality than the others.

Thanks

 

[bourbon]

Have you replaced the wire liner recently? including the one in the torch? clean the feed rollers will help as well.

 

[elobire]

Have you replaced the wire liner recently? including the one in the torch? clean the feed rollers will help as well.

I have and I replaced everything in the torch, it helped but I still get inconsistent wire feed sometimes unless I keep the torch lead dead straight or have the wire feed cranked tight. I could probably sort it out tbh but this is my second cheap ish welder and I'm just a bit fed up of messing with it instead of welding my projects.

 

[Cobbler]

I know it’s another Clarke, but I have a 160TM that surplus & need to sell, see post 6 on

Hobby car welder

Hello everyone, I did go through some searches on the forum before posting, but I do apologise if this may have been posted before and is a duplicate. I am looking for some clear direction and advice please. This is a father-son project: We have a rusty car that requires some welding on its...

www.mig-welding.co.uk

 

[elobire]

I know it’s another Clarke, but I have a 160TM that surplus & need to sell, see post 6 on

Hobby car welder

Hello everyone, I did go through some searches on the forum before posting, but I do apologise if this may have been posted before and is a duplicate. I am looking for some clear direction and advice please. This is a father-son project: We have a rusty car that requires some welding on its...

www.mig-welding.co.uk

Thanks I'll keep that under consideration but I think at the moment I want to get something brand new.

 

[T0rnado69]

i have the 155T, had it from new and that was bought around 30year ago.
only replaced the inner liner twice so far i think.
not missed a beat. been a good welder.

 

[Seadog]

I have one as well.
The only mod that I want to do to it is add a Euro-connector torch.