Welder advice needed - nearly new Clarke 151te or 22 year old Migatronic Rally 166?

[Bonzo]

Hi Adrian

Given the choice, I would go for the Migatronic set for the same reasons as Davy.

Do you have the chance to try before you buy on the Migatronic ?
Being an older machine, it would give you peace of mind knowing all is well

The older pro sets were built to last & do last well if not abused.

Pity I can't find someone to repair the PCB in my old Cebora 180 set, perfectly good machine sitting in my back shed doing nowt.

Was going to replace it with another Cebora but BOC had the Lincoln sets on offer.
Compared the build quality of both the new Cebora & the Lincoln, The Lincolns wire feed mechanism & motor were far superior to that of the Cebora, well worth the extra £100 in my view.

Hobby MIG's have thier place but not the machine of choice for me.