HITBOX MIG WELDER (hbm200)

I got this last week and within a couple of hours had set it up and started gasless mig welding. I wrote a review but thought I should wait till I have used it a few times and give it a proper check. I'd only ever done a bit of arc welding in the past and was worried that this would be a steep learning curve- but it wasn't. It's a breeze to use. I wish I had gotten one sooner. Here's some tips - the manual isn't brilliant , so you need to spend 20 minutes carefully getting it set up. Get the wire spool, but don't untie the end of it until you have put it on the spool holder in the machine - then when you are ready to cut with snips, grab the end so it doesn't flap loose , and hold the plastic spool at the same time to stop it spinning. Then thread the wire into the bit that looks like a spring , the wire should be coming off the spool in anti clockwise direction (ie from the bottom), and then start to get it ready to go through the 2 small wheels - then plug it in (comes with uk plug) ,power it up with button on the back , connect the gun/torch end and press the trigger and it will feed the wire through, all the way to the tip and leave 5mm or so showing. Plug the ground connector in and then you are ready to go. It's that simple. Use a few pieces of scrap to work out what power setting you need and then the machine pretty much does it for you in terms of wire feed speed. If you have it too high on thinner pieces you'll soon find out as it will just blow holes right through your metal. If you have it too low, you'll be able to just see that it's not penetrating and spatters around the surface of the metal. I am just a hobbyist and tinkerer , but I am pretty sure this is a very good , solid machine. I have a mate with a very expensive one, and he's always messing about with the wire feed and it blocking and sticking - so far this has had zero problems and 100% satisfaction. It's portable and easy to use. Only downside that I can see is that the manual could be better, and be clearer. It comes with a flux core wire spool that will last you a while too. The brush isn't great either but I think it's false economy with the machines that have a mask and brush and extras , as they arent great and you just want a good machine, which this is , no doubt. By the way - I ordered in the morning and it was here by 6pm the same night. Amazing really. Good company. Yes, I was surprised - I wasn't sure it would be any good at all, but the 30 day money back guarantee clinched it for me. Happy Days!

I was a bit worried with this in the beginning. And I’ll explain why in a moment. Let me say first off that when I had a play around with the amps on the set I must say I was quite impressed with the quality and finish of the weld. I was using this set for thin wall material 2mm but on lower amps there was a lot of porosity I can only assume this was down the the flux in the wire core not getting to the temperature required to shield the pool. Like I said though, after a play with the amperage I managed to make some really decent quality welds. Very happy, 4 out of 5 stars for me on this one.

Something popped when I first plugged in. SADLY I bought this in June 2024 and first turned it on in 2025 because lots of life as happening and I am brand new to welding. Obviously I'm past the 30 day Amazon warranty. The wire fee does not work. Have no idea if it's entirely dead or not. The front panel lights.

Works great for the small jobs not used it on anything big as yet but cant fault it so far.

First of all I want to say that I have only used a gas mig welder once a couple of years ago. This was incredibly easy to setup, the instructions are pretty crap, as they don’t actually show how to setup the wire, but I found a great YouTube video. I bought a good set of gloves and mask also from Amazon to go along with this as the machines that come with masks and gloves are usually 💩! I bought this machine to learn, I was keen to get a gas mig welder for a while, but because I am only a hobbyist and keeping gas and the space is a bit much, I chose gas less. Obviously there is more ‘splatter’ with gas less, but you make sacrifices for the portability, cost and convenience. I had a go the same evening it arrived welding some old brake pads to brake discs (this is all I had lying around), but the goal is to get good enough to do bits on my car (doors etc). Only tip I will give readers - when setting it up, it may sound obvious, but keep a finger pressed on the roll of wire until you’ve fed it into the machine, if you lift it even slightly like I did, the spool springs off and you lose about a quarter of the roll….