Hitbox 200a inverter MIG welder review

[@tinkering123]

Just caught this Hitbox review. Great shop. Hope all is well. Just got a stick Hitbox. I'm near 70 but still love to tinker. Thanks

[@michaelcardona7397]

Glad to have received your comments; going back to the internals of the HITBOX, mine, has 12AWG wire which is acceptable since the unit has it's own inverter and it's working just fine; my first project is changing the seats of my VW Karmann Ghia, the seats coming off are some type of Racing Vaccaro sports seats which I never liked and i'm installing Scion FR-S seats; a small modification needs to be WELDED on the bottom rear of the seat rails, BUT, i'm already getting "SPATTER / SPLATTER", although i took a course on welding, it was not on MIG or TIG, so i'm basically training myself (OJT); to both of you guys Ezekiel and Mr.Diamond (believe it) thanks, both have contributed to my knowledge, peace of mind and the satisfaction that I made a good choice on my machine,

[@tinkering123]

I'm getting caught up (or in) with multimedia and started U-Tube myself. It's as fun a hobby as tinkering in my backyard. So far I'm pretty lame but would like to do something worthwhile. U-Tube is a great information outlet but I'm kinda looking at it as a electronic diary. May all our projects give some satisfaction. Thanks

[@michaelcardona7397]

Howdy from down under (the Caribbean); Diamond you made me laugh, I was in the same boat, trying to figure out how to how to take a "COMFORTABLE" welder (MIG) to a job site and I opted for the HITBOX (without the S in front); it's turned out to be a very good machine for my purposes. I think the person who fooled himself into making a complete video only to discredit the product was probably looking for a Cadillac, but didn't want to pay the MILLER or LINCOLN prices, then saw the low cost of the HITBOX's and went for it; I also read the comments by Ezekiel and plan on opening the box to view the electrical main cord and see if indeed my mine has 14 AWG, if it does i'll change it to at least 12 or maybe 10, I LIKE MY HITBOX!!, Good luck with your new toy,,Michael C.

[@robertblackshear8963]

I must say the arc sounds perfectly stable.

[@psirider]

Not sure how I searched this up literally 31 minutes after you uploaded it. But cheers

[@mladenenglang]

What's the argon mixture in the gas bottle? Is that 20% or 5%?

[@Lorant1984]

Can I run this from a standard UK household socket without damaging my circuit, please?

[@Precivilization]

The Fronius Transsteel 2200 at literally 5 times the price has a plastic wire feed mechanism

[@Ezekiel-OffRoad]

I bought the hitbox Mig 250 I’m happy with it except for the false advertising they advertised it as a 230amp welder with 40% duty cycle I took the case off to look at the internals and it has a 180 amp fuse in it and the duty cycle is only 20% also they used 14awg wire for the wall plug wire

[@DiamondHell]

Short of taking the cover off to check these details, you just don't know. Whilst I've had the cover off various bits of kit and fettled them, the question being answered here is "what's it like out of the box?" I deliberately bought a specification that should be above what's needed for the bodywork and other light stuff I plan to do. So far, I'm good with it. The real test comes in the next few days when I get to doing quite a big job with it

[@Ezekiel-OffRoad]

@@DiamondHell Other than the false advertising I’m very pleased with the performance and ease of use. Once you understand how the adjustments work. The amp knob is basically your wire feed speed it’s hard to do but the display shows the actual amps when welding witch fluctuates a bit due to the in arc length fluctuating. The voltage knob is how you adjust your desired arc length depending on the type of Mig welding your trying to accomplish either short circuit, globular or spray welding. I just learned about spray welding and find it vary interesting you need a higher argon mixture than 75 25 and voltage needs to be up towards at least 50v if I remember correctly it’s very similar to a tig arc and quite. There’s a video of someone testing the same welder as mine to see if it’s able to spray weld and it did quite a nice job from what I could tell in the video.

[@peteuncle2935]

These must have become much cheaper since your video, there are many the same on eBay Australia right now for about $110 delivered. Isn't that about 60 quid?

[@johnfoote9539]

I'm looking to buy the same model. Could you tell me the part number for this machine. Thanks.

[@mladenenglang]

Can I weld my cars body using it?

[@DiamondHell]

That's what this gets used for

[@cityrotisserie1036]

Where in UK did You get your green gas mix bottle from?

[@DiamondHell]

It's an SGS 20 litre bottle. It's rent free, but has a deposit on it. I get mine from Dorset Auto Spares

[@lobb_ltd]

did you ever figure out the wire feed? this thing seems ideal but id love to be able to control wire feed independently

[@DiamondHell]

Push the rotary knob and it controls wire speed instead of amps

[@dwylhq874]

Good review. We are considering this exact welder. How has it held up over the last 2 years? Thanks! (subbed!)

[@DiamondHell]

Hey, it's still going strong and does a lot of bodywork. Latest project was new footwells on a 1985 Defender

[@gabrielsolarsky8462]

На 110 v е много слаб Апарат,пише го в инструкцията'!

[@AngelDjay]

Chinese quality control as we know does not exist, so I put the s at the front of the 200 I just bought this week gladdly gone back to my 20 year old transformer welder, sht box wire speed was pointless could not weld anything wire speed would not move off dead slow asked if I can have wiring diagrams to see if I can put a manual wire speed in typical chinese no reply.

[@EltonLauring]

I know I'm super late, but if you're into random shit-talk mode you can answer me. I'm in 5min of your video and you're talking about "UK sensible plugs", going from 2-plug to 3-plug.. Did you brainfart there or am I misunderstanding something? As EU plugs such as the one there is a 3-plug same as your UK one. 2 prongs and an earth on the sides. So with this logic you could even say EU is 4-plug haha :D Not trying to diss you or talk shit, I'm pretty sure I'm right, but I'm totally open to be told off that I'm wrong :D Ow.. Thank you for the video as well.. I was 80:20 about buying it and just made a purchase like 5min ago.

[@DiamondHell]

UK plugs have a raft of design features that genuinely make them the best design of plug in the world. Tom Scott explains it far better than I could: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3bJgWSFgLCtlbM

[@johnteal5014]

Only made 6 1/2 minutes got tired of hearing your blabbering

[@DiamondHell]

That's OK, no one is making you watch or listen, little man