Hi Guys and Girls,
I'm looking to buy a welder and am having some trouble deciding between these 2 machines and I'm hoping you can provide some help or guidance.

I'm mainly looking for a mig welder, but I also want to be able to stick weld if needed and I also want to learn how to do some basic tig welding as I get more experienced. I would be using this to make up metal 'A' frame signs, storage shelves, workbench's for my new shed and maybe some repairs to an old trailer etc, so its mainly going to be 1mm to 3mm steel, maybe up to 8mm if i need to fix that trailer etc. I really like the idea of having one box that will let me do any kind of welds I want.

I have a very tiny bit (maybe a total of 1mtr) of welds to fix of aluminum that I will be wanting to weld so I'll want to use the mig function to weld that (2mm and 4mm aluminum) (I wont be able to TIG weld that as these machines are only DC tig, not AC tig) Their could be more aluminum welding in the future, but that is not the main reason I'm getting the welder

I'm hoping if you have either one of these machines could you please let me know how you like your machine, why you purchased one over the other etc

Some other questions are;

  • Which of these machines are better in your opinion
  • Is it worth spending the extra money on the Transmig
  • Is the tig torch provided with some of the Transmig 175i welders worth it, or should i buy this separate?
  • Are parts unique to each machine, eg the rollers for the wire on the token tools machine can i get them from welding shop or only from Token tools

At the moment I'm leaning more towards the Cigweld Transmig 175i as I've seen the Cigweld brand in alot of stores over here in Perth and it would be easier to get parts etc but I was leaning towards the Mig200 a few days ago.
(I'm just to indecisive, someone tell me what to do!!!)

Here is a link to the 2 machines
Inverter Mig welder Mig welding Machine multifunction welders 200 Amp
and
Cigweld Transmig 175I 240V Mig/Tig/Arc Inverter Kit [W1005175] - AUD$995.00 : Talair United Tools Pty Ltd
another one
Cigweld welder multi 175i ARC / MIG / TIG + TIG TORCH | eBay

Thank you for the help, and my apologies if this questions has been asked before, I've tried to search the forums and the internet as best I could and want to see if their is any up to date information.

Thanks

Star