YESWELDER Stick Welder 205Amp Large LED Display Digital Inverter IGBT Welding Machine,110V/220V Dual Voltage Hot Start Portable MMA ARC Welder Machine

This is a great little welder that packs a punch it’s small lightweight and does perform exceptionally at higher amps.

Works great! Used with 7018 only so far. It will weld with 120V power, but not nearly as well. Made a huge difference when I hooked it up to 220V. The hot start is really great when doing original tack welds. Experimenting with the hot start and arc force settings. Have finished a lot of projects with this inexpensive little welder. Welded some heavy farm equipment with professional looking results. This does everything I need so far. Have not used it for TIG yet. Still collecting the equipment for that. Will add to this review when that happens.

The ARC205DS is a small, very lightweight, and capable arc welder once you get it dialed-in, it is ready to weld right out of the box with very minimal setup (ie attach ground & electrode leads to welder and plug it in), just add welding rods and steel. I tested it with 3/32" 6013 (Forney), 3/32" 7018 (Forney), & 1/8" 7018 (ESAB) on 3/16", 1/8", 1/4", & 3/8" mild steel all using 220VAC with the dial to adjust current as needed. As others have reviewed the DRO for current is off, my findings approximate it is off by as much as ~30% in some cases (ie dialed-in at 100A but actually running 70A as verified with a DC clamp meter). I found it will weld all three rod types on the thicknesses tested but likes the 7018's the best (both 3/32 & 1/8), by far...anything with 6013 seems to start very cold and once it begins running you have to pay very close attention to puddle density or blowing a hole in the work is definitely possible, at least up to 1/4" thick. In fact, once I began testing on the 1/4"+ plate w/ 7018 x1/8" rods I had the DRO on 135A and found it would scratch start "ok" and would run good beads, but if anything lower than 130A it struggled to start. Using the 6013's it also appeared to struggle with leveling out the electrode current even after start, arc headspace was critical while laying down the entire bead. In the last hour of testing I was using 7018 x 1/8" ESAB rods, DRO set to 145A on 1/4" & 3/8" plate and found it ran great, started fine, no issues. Ran butt joints, vertical ups, and lap joints just fine, penetration appeared ok...I never could get the 6013's to perform like they typically do on say a Miller or Lincoln SMAW welder, but this box doesn't have the associated cost of the other brands either. Although it took about four hours to get it dialed-in for my applications I'm happy with the cost to quality ratio for home use, if I was buying this for production I would be ultra-cautious and never go in cold on a production piece without a few test runs on comparable material. The electrode, ground, and source AC cables are very flexible but they do have a plastic (not sure it's even a PVC) insulating jacket so I would be vigilant around hot work with the cables. Some have reviewed the stinger spring as weak, but in the unit I received it's definitely not the case, plenty of tension in the 'gator jaws' and it will accept electrodes at 90 degrees, 45 degrees, and 180 degrees ( - \ | ); the ground clamp is a bit flimsy but it does have braided copper band between the teeth and is strong enough for its purpose. The little welder is impressive in terms of cranking out the amps, but it is finicky on the type of electrodes used, leveling the current during the weld (at least on the 6013's I tried), and striking the arc (again using the 6013's). Unsure why this particular YesWelder product comes in black when all of their other products appear to be painted light blue or seafoam green, could represent an older/newer product or a run made especially for Amazon, but rest assured it is just like the one pictured.

This thing is an absolute beast of a workhorse. I bought it as a joke tig/stick welder and it actually kicks the crap out of my welders that cost me 5 times the money. I have used it in the rain, with crappy generator power, extension cords and ran 1/8 sticks on it using the highest amp setting on 120v until I was sure it would blow up and it kept on pumping a strong steady arc. The tig function works INCREDIBLY well especially for the price, it was super easy to start and keep an arc even with dirty and cheap metal, it's smart enough to keep the heat consistent even for my shaky hand to stack some dimes with perfect penetration. I am going to buy another one to make sure I didn't just get lucky. If you are thinking about it, DO IT you'll be surprised. I am far too lazy to leave reviews, but after repairing a bracket on my snowplow with 120v using 1/8 stick I need to spread the word. I will be buying yeswelder machines from now on. I was not paid for this review but if they want to pay me I definitely won't turn it down!

This is my first welder, and it is a great one,. Easy to use, and it is quite sound in its making. It has many built in safety features, and comes with a nice set of instructions. I am learning to weld in a self taught way and so far so good. Watched many videos and read many books on welding. Mainly the do's and don't, the should always do, and the you should never do as well. because of the extremely high amperage used in welding, it should be taken very seriously. This machine can produce up too 145A Amps in the 110 volt mode and even more in the 220 volt mode , and it only takes a half of an amp to kill someone . So one must always be on the alert any time the machine is powered one . i am having so much fun welding stuff, especially the things i thought were broken for good, now they are fixed and working well. My welding may not be the most beautiful there is, but i think i am getting better with every day. Fun thing to have , but safety first, always . .

For a little over $100 this little welder is worth every penny. Very small and light and runs 7018 1/8” no problem. Only dislike is the cheap stinger but that’s to be expected.

This welder is surprisingly powerful for its size. It does well with common electrodes in 3/32" sizes. It struggles with 6011 at 1/8", and will not run 6010 at all. It does very well otherwise. It has a built-in hot start that is very convenient.

Love this as my little portable tig machine. Value. Lightweight.