Well, where do I start first? think his name was joe and he was very polite and knowledgeable about the welder, secondly for the price of this machine you get a lot for the money. The MiG welds better and hotter than my old Lincoln Co-175 and that's no lie! You can easily use 1/8" 7018 rod, which is a fairly common and popular rod. Come with a decent ground clamp and stinger, but the flow meter regulator is very good and thankful they give this with the welder. Okay, now for the bad which isntβ¦