With a passion I hate Bunnings blah blah blah.

Have been researching for a small portable mig that will do the job for me with panel work on restos and any little stuff around home.

Saw the China stuff, saw the stuff on ebay and thought probably problems with parts/warranty etc. A half decent looking no name 100-120 amp mig on ebay still sets me back close to $500.

As a teacher we have an account with Total Tools and went down to look at the Cigweld range. 100 amp Portaweld was priced at $1132 and strangely the larger 135 amp was $920.

I looked at her strangely and said Im sure Bunnings had for this price ??????? She said if they do buy 5 and bring them back. I then thought I must have looked at the arc welder price instead.

Straight to Bunnings and happily the Portaweld 100 was priced at $494 (compared to $1132) and the 135 amp was priced at $694 (compared to $920).

Ended up buying one of each, 100amp for me at home and 135 amp for school (or maybe me at home as well )

So if your in the market for a Mig check them out, it was also nice to see that their whole spare parts wall and accessories was all Cigweld stuff.

wow, good stuff, maybe bunnings is not so bad after all!

The automatic welding masks are pretty cheap at bunnings too

Do as the lady asks...buy 5 and take them back to her!! Might help pay for your purchase!!

Was that a gasless mig or gas type?

my local bunnings had the bristle type dust seal for the sliding sunroof in my 74 passat same colour and all for $2/metre it caught my eye when I was looking for flyscreen for the house got so excited I forgot the flyscreen