MetalVerdict compares welding and metalworking machines and the consumables that feed them, across twenty-four categories and five languages. We are a small independent editorial operation, not a retailer, not a brand, and not a media group.
How the site is funded
Every "Check price" button on this site is an affiliate link to Amazon. If you buy something after following one, Amazon pays us a commission. The price you pay is identical either way.
We think you should know the shape of that incentive rather than just its existence. Amazon pays a percentage of the sale, so in principle we earn more when you buy something expensive. Three things push against that:
- What a machine earns us does not rank it. We do not know, page by page, which product earns us more — and we have never sorted a list by anything other than what the page argues. Where a cheap tool is the right answer, it goes first.
- The dearest welder is not the most useful. Some of the things we recommend most firmly cost under twenty dollars — a packet of contact tips, a fresh cutting disc, a magnetic earth clamp that actually grips. Most bad welds come down to a consumable, not to the machine that laid them.
- No maker pays to be ranked on this site. We have never accepted payment, product or otherwise, in exchange for a position in a ranking. If that ever changes, it will be labeled on the page, not in a footer.
What we do not do
We do not run sponsored posts. We do not publish "top 10" lists assembled from other people's reviews. We do not rank by commission value, by conversion rate, or by what is in stock this week.
Where our judgment rests on specifications, documented mechanisms and the weight of owner reports rather than on months of use, we say so in the review.
Corrections
Prices move, models get replaced, and manufacturers quietly change components. If something here is wrong, tell us and we will fix it and say what changed. Every page carries the date it was last reviewed.
Last reviewed 8 August 2026