vulcan pro tig 200 is available in the market,or not ? any leads ?

 

no longer available new. was replaced with the pro tig 205 at your local harbor freight store.

 

Many other options but vulcan pro tig 200 is still one of good tig welders in the market.

 

Re: Nevermind I missed the other thread.

Disregard.

 

Went by the local HF and showed the store manager the printout of the coupon. He wrote on it extended through January and said That if they weren’t in by then he would honor it when they did arrive. Signed it and said not to worry, he is the store manager and he’d make it good.
Good enough for me.

 

Nothing in the computer yet....nothing in the stores. They'll provide a raincheck on the coupon until these are in the stores, fyi.

 

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Source: A link in the Reddit HF Forum.

 

and it was posted here a few days ago

 

https://imgur.com/gallery/vAXdPiu

 

from what i've been told,pre and post flow are adjustable,possibly wider range on pulse,high frequency start and "advanced functions" whatever that means.
read on their ordering system that it still has 1 year free trial warranty but the sales people said only 90 days!

 

Yeah the link you posted says 1 year the fine print says 90 day warranty?

did HF also De-rate the duty cycle of some functions?

Was looking at the SMAW specs

120 VAC 80 amps @ 20%??
240 VAC 170 amps @20%...?

I guess Most would be buying it for the AC Tig and Is plenty for many stick welding jobs- the duty cycle just seems a bit low compared to some other machines. Maybe HF is just under rating it

 

It would be super-cool (lol) if they offered some kind of trade-up program for existing owners of ProTig 200's.
I would love to have the latest and greatest and would be willing to pay an incremental upgrade fee, but probably cannot justify all out buying a brand new machine and since the 200 is discontinued, would probably not be able to get a decent amount for it if I tried to sell it.

 

They sell for around $500 online (used). I think I paid $699 for mine so no big deal. Have to see what the new one has to offer.

 

Just talked to a buddy who manages the local HF. Said to call him Friday AM and he'll have something for me.

 

I've been using my Pro Tig 200 for a couple years now without issue. If this new one has some better features, I'd be all over it.

 

I saw that section in the torch manual, and while it looks 'cool', it still does not really tell you about what feature-set the machine has.

 

it has quite a few improvements .

 

Try taking a look at the user manual for the HF accessory tig torch. It includes what appears to be a CAD representation of the Protig 205 new LCD screen. And if it is accurate, is a notable improvement over the 200. I'll try to upload a screen grab from the manual and edit my post if successful...

 

The 1 year warranty was only for the first models being sold for a limited time.

 

The 90 day warranty is to get past infancy failure. That was their logic. Even then it took some convincing to get them to offer warranty for purchase. Well worth it. They told me that they wanted to target the professional market and I told them I would must have 3 years to justify my ROI and tax strategies.

 

How long of a warranty do these welders have?

I keep hearing about a "1 Year" warranty. A little while back I got a ProTig 165 and it only came with a 90 day. I had to pay additional for a 1 year and even more for a 3 year.


You guys with the 1 year warranty, are you paying extra for that or is that what comes standard? If it comes standard is that a regional thing?

 

With that model orphaned before many were sold, there may never be third-party components to maintain it. I would take them up on the exchange warranty, on the basis that it has no future so it isn't what you had expected when you bought it.

That exchange warranty was a feature intended to get the units out there for the public to try. The discontinuance is now an unexpected disadvantage of that model, in my opinion justifying exchange for a current model.

 

I have a Protig 200 that will be less than 1 yr old in January. Will I want to exchange it, or keep it?

Astrobuf

 

Well if it were me I would take advantage of the one year satisfaction guaranty, get my refund, and then use the money for an upgrade of your choice. If you purchase the new improved ProTig205 then HF will be thrilled. Whether it has the same satisfaction guaranty, IDK.

 

got confirmation that new protig 205 will come out in January 2020.
asking about new features.stay tuned if any reply comes my way.

 

I know this thread is getting old but... The price of these things (when you can still find them) is just stupid cheap. I just picked mine up today (ProTig 200) for $200 at their parking lot sale this past weekend. Missing the 120 volt adapter (already have a spare), missing the accesories for the tig torch and came with the wrong ground clamp and stinger... But 100% functional. This particular unit was a "spare parts" model. Every time they needed a spare part for a customer who had an accesory fail - they robbed it from this box. Evidently, they then robbed some other return boxes to re-complete this box so they could sell it at the sale. I was actually about to drop a good chunk of change on the Primeweld 225 (with the nice CK torch. But for $200???? I just gotta type that out one more time: $200.

Probably still will end up grabbing the Primeweld this Fall as it certainly offers a good bit more, but for $200 I could not pass up having a solid second/backup machine. Even if I just use it for SMAW. It really is a very well built machine. Very nice stable arc, solid build quality and I have experienced zero issues with the high frequency start some others reported on. Although.. I only used it a few times this past weekend - time will tell. Perhaps the others (such as ChuckE) just needed to adjust the arc points inside?

To make this past weekend even sweeter.. I found a Titanium Unlimited 200 (Stick/MIG/Tig) at another location for $300. Normally $700. Already ran it through the paces and it also is a very solid machine. All-cast drive roller, glass-reinforced nylon faceplate, decent MIG (could be better). The inductance control is really nice and works very well. I have to be honest: these new HF Vulcan and Titanium lines really do seem to be on-par - if not a tad nicer my previous Miller 211 and old Hobart. Of coarse... those were 15+ year old machines. But still, not bad at all. Especially for the money.

As mentioned previously in the thread.. They are getting ready for new models. In fact - at the moment.. they do not even offer an AC capable Tig machine. So they will likely be revealing the new line up before end of November (black friday). One thing they should do is just discontinue the entire "Chicago Electric" line of welders... although functional - your money is certainly better spent on the Titanium/Vulcan or even Everlast.

Anyways... if anyone else still happens to find a ProTig in stores (Tested-OK, Display Model, Remaining Stock, etc) ask the manager how bad he/she wants to get it out of the store because they are cutting some deep discounts to make room for the new models. $200 for a [new] AC/DC tig machine with pulse, HF start... dammit.. Grab it if you can.

 

where is the new one? HF needs to speed it up!

 

Have a chance to pick up a ProTig 200 for $501. Customer return...opened but never used.

....or should i just go with the Primeweld 225...?

I am returning the Omnipro. I bought it read the manual but never unboxed the welder or components.


ProTig 200 or Primewled 225.....$500 vs $775?

 

I have a brand new one in the box unopened with the extended warranty. Any reason to not open it and start learning on it, and then upgrade to the new one at no cost?

 

Yah because if it works fine for you why return, that's just wrong, karma is s bitch,

 

Harbor freight near me sais it was disontinued due to very low sales. Too bad. Looked like a winner.

 

Low sales, that is a joke! Those things were flying off the shelves.

 

welding machines are like computers there are usually yearly changes to models with new and improved versions.
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if nothing else often electronic components are made in batches and electronic parts made 10 or 20 years ago are often no longer made. so redesign for newer component parts is needed