Gas kit for Mig is extra & a 7ft lead is next to useless, 10ft or more is the norm. It also comes with a "hand held face shield" WTF? who still uses those?
For what its worth, i'll walk you through why i bought the HFT 93793 Mig Welder today
Like the OP, i am new to welding (read, never welded, in my case)
my first wish was to get a miller - we all want the very best - not wanting to spend the money, i looked for used one's on CL's - not much other than large ex-industrial stuff
so last night, i had in my cart at amazon a Hobart 210 Handler - seemed like a great machine - not as expensive as a Miller at about 850 - support, parts, etc, etc - and i am going to use it alot
or am i? - in my case, i know that welding won't become more than occassional exercise, albeit an important one that i would like to be able to do justice to
but, 850...that's alot for most of us
so then i thought about this HFT welder - ok, even on paper (which is probably where HFT stuff looks best), it has no bearing on the 210 - the HFT is 100amp at 30% duty cycle - so better than the 140, not quite as good at the 187 - but the 140 is 115v and HFT is 220, so the 187 seems like a better comparison
on paper it is a better machine - but it costs almost double (list prices) - i ended up getting the HFT 93793 for 250 - so, for me it came down to $ - figured it was good to get in at 250 instead of 650 or 850 - and the machine seems capable enough - anyway ... for what its worth
