Review on LINCOLN ELECTRIC ED030631 030 L 56 by Christopher Buck

Ordered this wire a few months ago and kept it in my tool box until I ran out of wire. Yesterday I mounted the spool on my MiG and almost immediately there were intermittent problems with the wire feed and the load on the wire feeder, because this wire was wound up very poorly: with several turns of the spool, the wire is fed from the middle ( under the remaining coiled wire) and pinching between that wire and a real coil. I could hear my welder groaning as it tried to pull the wire out, eventually I pulled it out and pulled the wire out with my hand until it went smoothly, but it kept happening over and over again. Given how much everyone talks about Lincoln Electric products, I was shocked at how poorly this cable performed. Obviously I should just keep buying supplies from Harbor Freight because they are the best quality. Such a shame.