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(More customer reviews)This item states that it has "greater portability" and that it is "an economical alternative to large cylinders".
The greater portability may be true, but as an "economical alternative to large cylinders" it most assuredly is NOT.
In fact, this product is the antithesis to "economical" since, depending on where you live, a 20 OUNCE CO2 refill, which is what this item takes, will be anywhere from four to ten dollars. (In my area it is eight dollars).
However, if you actually owned a "large cylinder", say a 20 POUND bottle, then it would only cost about twenty dollars to refill. Huge difference, as the Hobart 20oz bottle above will last only fourty minutes, while the 20 POUND bottle will last about ten HOURS.
You say the initial setup for such a large bottle would be far too expensive? Well, a large 20 pound cylinder cost me about one hundred and five dollars, and the CO2 regulator (which is fully adjustable -- not fixed at 20CFH -- and has twin gauges), cost me thirty dollars.
And to top it off, you can usually get away with only 10CFH of gas while MIGing indoors, which will instantly double your CO2 gas supply. But you can't drop the fixed 20CFH with the Hobbart, but you can with any other normal CO2 regulator...
So you be the judge of just how "economical" this little one hundred dollar 20 oz Hobart paintball bottle is, along with its fixed 20CFH regulator...
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If you need to take your welder to work, don't settle for a flux core weld. This kit uses the same gas cylinder used in the popular sport of paintball to deliver the clean, no-slag welds you expect in the shop. A single fill provides approx. 40 minutes of arc time using .030 solid wire.
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