I picked up this welder about a year ago and have been putting it through the paces from day one. I use both a Lincoln ane a Miller at work and the Eastwood performs just as well as each of those units. I have welded auto body panels all the way up to 1/4" plate with it with good sucess. I will say welding that thickness may require multiple passes...

I have fabbed plenty of projects with this welder without issues. The only minor inconvenience is its ability to feed smaller spools of wire. I played around with a smaller spool of flux core at first and I had multiple feed issues. I added tri-mix and a 10lbs spool of solid core and have been issue free sense.

Overall I would say it is an excellent value, and a very solid performing utility welder.