🔥 Hobart 770479 7018 Stick Welding Electrode, 1/8-10lbs: Durable and Reliable Choice Review

These are 7018 rods and they do what they're supposed to. I'm taking off a star because both times I've bought them quite a bit of the packaging was broken/broken during shipping.

Always like a Hobart stick. Plastic cases stay dry for a long time without heating. For beginners with low amperage AC welders, Hobart makes a 7018AC version of this rod that runs smoother for smaller machines.

I've been welding for 17 years just to give you some info. I have used Lincoln AC rods for years and they have performed well. These rods are very difficult to start and don't burn well until you've burned a quarter of the rod. They are not packaged well and may have gotten wet at some point.

I'm by no means a professional welder, I only practice at night for about a week with no experience. The weld at the top is a high frequency stick, which I think is sturdier, easier to ignite, and produces a lot less smoke. I use a cheap welder to learn, but based on my brief experience, the pole is important. Listen to the guys who know what they are doing there are better rods out there.

I like Lincoln Excalibur or esab 7018 but in short I settled on a few. They worked fine but I didn't like how the slag separated. They didn't hit very well either, but I think that's because half of them had flux chipped around the tips. I don't know if it came from the manufacturer or the carrier, but either way it was pretty annoying. I had to cut off the ends of many of them. I've used them for work that wasn't super critical or reviewable, so they worked for me, but I wouldn't recommend…

I have never seen new rods work so poorly. It's almost impossible to launch them terribly without a hard punch or pick and stick. This is a very disappointing rod choice. I usually use 6011 and 6013 but wanted to try them and now I will go back or find a better 7018. The rods look good out of the pack but with Lincoln 225 on a clean flat shaft the rod will burn about 1/8" in flux and make it impossible to re-start without hitting the tip or causing it to roughly hit the line Knocking the rod…