If you like the 210 you will love the Hobart Ironman. Miller welders are sold in welding supply stores. Hobart welders are sold in box stores and farm stores. Basically the technology is the same. I bought my 210 new for $950.00 at tractor supply. That was 5 years ago.
Thanks for the review. I've been seriously looking at this welder now over the Lincoln 180. I like the increased amperage range and more selectable amperage taps over the Lincoln. I agree with you on keeping the welder simple. My 'ole reliable is a Lincoln AC/DC 225/125 arc welder and like the simplicity of a stick welder, but now looking forward to doing more welding without having to deal with flux and slag.
@@semihemi Finally was able to save enough money to get this welder. Had it delivered to the door at no extra charge. Purchased it from Lowe's on a "sale" pricing. I still need to get a bottle setup for it, but for now, I'll be using it with flux cored. Looking forward to getting the bottle for clean MIG welding! Thank you.
Thanks for the great video! I've never welded before and want to learn. For my budget and my need to have reliability, this seems like the best choice. I was thinking about the 190 as well, but having a 110v option makes it more versatile. Thanks again!
This is basically the same machine as the older Miller 211. (the new 211 is a an inverter model) Both have the mvp plugs. The main difference is the Miller 211 has auto set and a potentiometer for the voltage settings instead of the transformer taps on the 210. Both are great machines.
Ive had my hobart 210mvp for almost 12trs and barely having problems with it not feeding gas. I havent looked into it yet but worse case i may need a new circuit board for at the tune of $500. May jist fix it and keep it for a few years more and eventually upgrade to the Hobart multi process 200, im sold on the quality of Hobart because its owned/made by Miller.
I'm no expert on welder repair, but try the simple things first. Check voltage to the gas silonoid. If that is good, make sure the silonoid is functioning correctly. I would even check for dirt or debis in the silonoid. I had a Nitrous Oxide silonoid acting up years ago. It had chunks of debis stuck inside, causing it malfunction. Ever since then I bought a filter that screws on the bottle for refilling purposes only. I believe the filling station had crap in their tanks. Hope that helps, thanks for watching my videos. Jim.
Im going to be a first time buyer of a welder. Looking at the hobart brand. But I have a question about the gas supply. What is your advice on where to get your tank and gas for the mig welder. I want my own tank but Ive heard that gas supply companies wont sell you gas unless you lease a.tank. can you give any and all tips and advice for this
Great question, and thanks for checking out my videos. Here in Michigan the big welding supplier is AirGas . The tank in my video was purchased from them with no monthly fee. Unfortunately, the price of tanks has skyrocketed over the last few years. I have a bunch of them I have purchased over the years. It is set up on a bottle exchange, I bring them the empty tank, and they give me a full tank ready to go. I don't remember what I paid last time I exchanged one. One good thing about the tank exchange is you will always have a up to date tank. The tanks do get inspected every so often, and a date is stamped on the tank. This is very important if you decide to buy a use tank from someone. If the tank is out of date , most welding suppliers will not exchange it. Hope that helps and good luck with your purchase.
If you like the 210 you will love the Hobart Ironman. Miller welders are sold in welding supply stores. Hobart welders are sold in box stores and farm stores. Basically the technology is the same. I bought my 210 new for $950.00 at tractor supply. That was 5 years ago.
I have been looking at the Ironman welder, it's on my list. Lol
Thanks for the information.
Thanks for the review. I've been seriously looking at this welder now over the Lincoln 180. I like the increased amperage range and more selectable amperage taps over the Lincoln. I agree with you on keeping the welder simple. My 'ole reliable is a Lincoln AC/DC 225/125 arc welder and like the simplicity of a stick welder, but now looking forward to doing more welding without having to deal with flux and slag.
For the money, it's a great welder.
@@semihemi Finally was able to save enough money to get this welder. Had it delivered to the door at no extra charge. Purchased it from Lowe's on a "sale" pricing. I still need to get a bottle setup for it, but for now, I'll be using it with flux cored. Looking forward to getting the bottle for clean MIG welding! Thank you.
@@seven6twomm Awesome!!!!
Been thinking of buying this welder. Your video was very helpful, thank you.
@@justinlepage7460 thanks for watching!
Thanks for the great video! I've never welded before and want to learn. For my budget and my need to have reliability, this seems like the best choice. I was thinking about the 190 as well, but having a 110v option makes it more versatile. Thanks again!
Glad you enjoyed the video, it's a great welder for the money.
I'll take this over a Harbor Freight welder any day.
Great review. Thank you for taking the time to make and edit the video.
No problem at all, I use this welder quite often and still enjoy using it.
Great video I just bought one from Tractor Supply today!
Sounds Awesome, I hope you enjoy it.
Been looking into these, thanks for posting this.
For the money, it's a great welder.
Thanks for watching 👍
Thank you for sharing this video. There are so many choices of welders and this is incredibly helpful.
Thanks for watching my videos. I'm glad this was helpful .
This is basically the same machine as the older Miller 211. (the new 211 is a an inverter model) Both have the mvp plugs. The main difference is the Miller 211 has auto set and a potentiometer for the voltage settings instead of the transformer taps on the 210. Both are great machines.
@@oldironguy interesting, thanks for the back story👍
Ive had my hobart 210mvp for almost 12trs and barely having problems with it not feeding gas. I havent looked into it yet but worse case i may need a new circuit board for at the tune of $500. May jist fix it and keep it for a few years more and eventually upgrade to the Hobart multi process 200, im sold on the quality of Hobart because its owned/made by Miller.
I'm no expert on welder repair, but try the simple things first. Check voltage to the gas silonoid. If that is good, make sure the silonoid is functioning correctly. I would even check for dirt or debis in the silonoid.
I had a Nitrous Oxide silonoid acting up years ago. It had chunks of debis stuck inside, causing it malfunction. Ever since then I bought a filter that screws on the bottle for refilling purposes only. I believe the filling station had crap in their tanks.
Hope that helps, thanks for watching my videos.
Jim.
Im going to be a first time buyer of a welder. Looking at the hobart brand. But I have a question about the gas supply. What is your advice on where to get your tank and gas for the mig welder. I want my own tank but Ive heard that gas supply companies wont sell you gas unless you lease a.tank. can you give any and all tips and advice for this
Great question, and thanks for checking out my videos.
Here in Michigan the big welding supplier is AirGas . The tank in my video was purchased from them with no monthly fee. Unfortunately, the price of tanks has skyrocketed over the last few years. I have a bunch of them I have purchased over the years. It is set up on a bottle exchange, I bring them the empty tank, and they give me a full tank ready to go. I don't remember what I paid last time I exchanged one.
One good thing about the tank exchange is you will always have a up to date tank. The tanks do get inspected every so often, and a date is stamped on the tank. This is very important if you decide to buy a use tank from someone. If the tank is out of date , most welding suppliers will not exchange it.
Hope that helps and good luck with your purchase.
What's a similar level HOBART welder that will also do stick?
@tex24 usually a TIG welder will also do stick welding.
I'm not sure about a MIG doing stick welding.
Do you know if this machine is capable of spray transfer? I've been looking for info and have found zero answers.
I don't know off hand, I would try calling that 1-800 number. It's worth a shot. Thanks for watching my videos.
⁰ can you make it spray weid😊
Probably not, lol
It can according to the manual. It gives you the setup specs and gas mix to use
Miller is Hobart Hobart was er al ver voor miller 😜