Any thoughts on Hobart Handler 210 MPV?
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I personal do not care for the flux core because I do some multi pass welding and would have to clean the welds before the second pass, also I have had the flux bleed out through my paint job when finished. I have the Hobart 180 Handler and am happy with it. Machine not intended for aluminum welding, even the regulator say mixed gas only.It must have been after Miller bought them because out of the box it had Miller gun and liner on it.
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Mixed gas only just means the CGA isn't right for CO2. You can still run Argon for Aluminum and with an adaptor you could run CO2 all with your regulator.
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I purchased a number of years ago a miller 210 setup and then purchased a spool gun as well, best setup I have used next to my old tried and true lincoln buzz box ac/dc stick
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I've had my Hobart Handler 210 for about 6/7 years and it's a good little mig IMO. I look at Hobart as a budget Miller as Miller owns Hobart and I feel that they weld pretty similarly. Hobart is just not as fancy with a few cheaper parts and not as many bells and whistles. I haven't compared the Handler 210 directly to a Miller 210 though. I've only used it with gas.
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I've had a Hobart 210 for 3 years. Only issue is that it doesn't work on 120V, but that might be my fault because I plugged it into an underpowered gas generator once and it might have messed something up. Always welded with FCAW and never hooked up a gas bottle.
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The OLD Hobarts were top notch machines, but weighed a TON, if one man can pick it up it is not one of the goodies 
I have owned and welded with Hobart, Miller and Lincoln, engine driven and plug-in of the MIG, TIG and Stick varieties - I am NOT a qualified welder by any means, just a hobbyist.
For stick I prefer a Lincoln, I have never figured out why, but they just seem to weld better than the Millers I have used, Including my current Thunderbolt XL 225 AC/DC.
My former MIG rig was a MM252 and it was a MONSTER, as others have posted tho, NO WIND or no weld MIG just does not perform well in the wind, even a slight breeze will cause you fits, yup that includes your shop fan
I have never settled on a TIG rig, but based on those I have used, if two people or fewer can lift it I don't want it. Brand does not seem as important here as weight, really do not understand why other than that old copper really does a good job.
Having gone around the block a couple times on welding rigs, I have settled on an engine driven for stick (lots of fencing to keep fixed) and a suitcase for stick/tig in the shop. When I find an OLD Hobart or Lincoln engine driven I will buy it, then replace the Thunderbolt with a suitcase. I am done with MIG because I do not want to deal with the bottles or whips any more.
I have owned and welded with Hobart, Miller and Lincoln, engine driven and plug-in of the MIG, TIG and Stick varieties - I am NOT a qualified welder by any means, just a hobbyist.
For stick I prefer a Lincoln, I have never figured out why, but they just seem to weld better than the Millers I have used, Including my current Thunderbolt XL 225 AC/DC.
My former MIG rig was a MM252 and it was a MONSTER, as others have posted tho, NO WIND or no weld
MIG just does not perform well in the wind, even a slight breeze will cause you fits, yup that includes your shop fan I have never settled on a TIG rig, but based on those I have used, if two people or fewer can lift it I don't want it. Brand does not seem as important here as weight, really do not understand why other than that old copper really does a good job.
Having gone around the block a couple times on welding rigs, I have settled on an engine driven for stick (lots of fencing to keep fixed) and a suitcase for stick/tig in the shop. When I find an OLD Hobart or Lincoln engine driven I will buy it, then replace the Thunderbolt with a suitcase. I am done with MIG because I do not want to deal with the bottles or whips any more.
I'm not a welder but when I first began to fool with it I bought a Hobart Handler 135. Discovered I could run a beautiful bead on 1/8" aluminum coupons but not on tubing. Purchased an HH175 240v machine and could when the wire fed properly thru the whip. Parted with both about the time the HH187 came along so I purchased one of those. Built a steel utility trailer with it. Man was steel so much easier to fiddle with and that machine so nice that I enjoyed every minute of it. But after a couple of back surgeries I again sold the 187. Now years later I moved to the country and decided a welder might be handy so I acquired a Hobart Hander 190 when I learned its essentially a HH187 with plug-in spool gun capability. Only fired it up a couple times to make certain it works. Used 75/25 and a scrap bed frame. Runs nice. Miller does NOT own Hobart. ITW owns both of them. Hobart was the giant of the two initially but had to divest itself of its larger operations as part of the acquisition. On these small machines the quality is the same and no one offers better product support than Hobart expecially to non-pros.