Outdoors, rust, thick steel · review
Pulse on a stick machine is rare and it has one specific use: keeping thin metal from blowing through.
Where we come out Buy it for pulse on thin metal. For plate and gates, €100 machines do the same work.
Two hundred and sixty dollars for a stick machine, when €100 buys 200 A elsewhere on this page. The justification is one feature and one number.
Pulsing is normal on TIG and rare on MMA. It alternates the current between a peak that melts and a background that lets the pool freeze slightly, so the average heat going into the metal drops while the arc stays lit. What that buys is thin material: exhaust tube, a rusted sill, an old gate whose section has wasted away. A steady 90 A arc will open a hole in those; a pulsed one will not.
If your work is 5 mm (0.20 in) plate and gate frames, this does nothing for you and you should buy a cheaper machine.
Ten to two hundred amps, continuously variable. As on the TIG machines earlier in this batch, the low figure is the one that took engineering: a stable arc at 10 A is what makes delicate repair possible. Every machine on this page reaches 200 A; almost none publishes where it starts.
Hot start, arc force and anti-stick. Cheaper machines list one or two; this one lists all three, and they act at different moments — striking, pushing in, and getting free when the rod does stick.
Current range, processes, pulse, features and part number come from the manufacturer’s published specification. No duty cycle is stated there, and none is invented here. Market availability was verified per market on the EAN.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-08-13. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Current range | 10–200 A, continuously variable |
|---|---|
| Processes | MMA and lift TIG |
| Pulse | In both MMA and lift TIG modes |
| Features | Hot start, arc force, anti-stick |
| Display | Digital |
| Part number | 1020 |
| Amazon reference | B0CG9DGK1M |
| EAN | 4260294080201 |
It alternates between a current that melts and a lower one that lets the pool cool a fraction, so the average heat into the workpiece falls without losing the arc. On thin or corroded sheet — an exhaust, a sill, an old gate — that is the difference between joining it and opening a hole. On thick steel it changes very little, which is why most stick machines do without.
Yes, and all three do different things. Hot start lifts current as you strike so the rod lights. Arc force adds current when the arc shortens so it does not stall. Anti-stick does the opposite: when the electrode does touch and short out, it cuts the current so the rod can be pulled free without glowing red and ruining its coating. Having all three is what makes a cheap electrode forgiving.
8.1/ 10
Buy it for pulse on thin metal. For plate and gates, €100 machines do the same work.
A reference exists on these Amazon stores: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom. Listed is not the same as in stock — availability changes daily.
Details checked on August 13, 2026.
Repairs on thin or rusted sheet where a steady arc would cut straight through
Here because the consumable states this machine by name.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for welding and metalworking machines and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
200 A · 230 V · rutile, basic, stainless, cast iron to Ø 4 mm (0.16 in) · €263
The only machine in this batch live on all six markets, and the only one that names the electrode types it is built for.
Best for: Someone who welds cast iron or runs basic electrodes and wants the machine to cope
≈ $405
160 A · digital · 7-year warranty · €106
Less current than everything around it, and the only stick machine here with a seven-year term and an address.
Best for: A machine you expect to still own in five years
200 A · single-board IGBT · TIG-ready with an optional torch · €100
A plain stick machine that becomes a DC TIG set when you add a torch — which is the cheapest route into TIG on this site.
Best for: Someone who wants stick now and may want TIG later without buying twice
