Esab welding wire

[Finny1221]

Any feedback on Esab Sureweld 70S6 MiG wire. Good price at $40.98 for 11 pound spool of 0.30 shipped including taxes. Going to be used in a Miller 215 light fabrication work.
TIA.

 

[BigMike782]

I wouldn't sneeze at ESAB wire. Many years ago we sold it as our "house" wire.
How much is the wire per pound?

 

[king nero]

I've done many weld tests with the ESAB 12.50 (aristorod) and 12.51 (autrod) wires, these are wires with a similar chemistry. Always with great results.
Even with their budget variant, the G3Si1, and I've never been disappointed.
I'd expect this Sureweld wire to be top notch as well.

 

[Finny1221]

I wouldn't sneeze at ESAB wire. Many years ago we sold it as our "house" wire.
How much is the wire per pound?

$2.53 per pound

 

[king nero]

$40.98 for 11 pound spool = $ 3.73 per lb. incl. shipping

That doesn't sound like such a good deal, but I've never bought wire by a single spool...

 

[Finny1221]

I guess it is relative the Lincoln superArc L-56 ER70S is $66 for 12.5# plus shipping & tax which comes out to $89.54

 

[BigMike782]

I usually sell our "house" brand S6 030 on 12 for 2.49 lb.

If you want a heart stopper price some 035 S6 National Standard NS115 copper free on a 45 pound spool.......4.53 per pound.

 

[dr_clyde]

ESAB wire is fine.

Lincoln and Hobart make superior wire in my opinion, but the times I have used ESAB wire it worked as expected. I find Lincoln wire will feed better and Hobart works about as well as the Lincoln but for less money.

If I had the choice, I'd go with either Hobart Quantum Arc or Lincoln Superarc over anything ESAB makes, but it's not like ESAB is an unknown brand with a bad rep.

 

[badmatt]

ESAB makes a decent wire, Ive done hours and hours of manual and robot weld development with their purus wire. We achieved better results with Lincoln L56.

Lincolns technical support also excels over ESAB... food for thought.