TOOLIOM Aluminum MIG Welder with Pulse 250A 110V/220V Dual Voltage 5 in 1 Multifunctional Welding Machine Gas/Gasless Flux MIG/Lift TIG/Stick/Spool Gun with LCD Digital Display

To start, this review is for the TL-135M Pro. This thing is quite lightweight but very capable. So far, I have only used the flux-core wire feed mode and am blown away by the arc stability and ease of use compared to my old cheap transformer style. I loaded some .030 YESWELDER wire and consulted the included chart to adjust the wire speed (voltage is automatic/synergic) to the appropriate level for my material (1/8" mild steel) and proceeded to permanently fuse my test pieces. After a quick hit with a wire wheel, the welds cleaned up amazingly, having very minimal spatter (see photo). I am currently running off of a 20A 120V circuit and have yet to trip a breaker. It's not a Miller or Lincoln, but this thing punches way outside of its price point. I plan on purchasing the TIG torch and giving that a try as well as the stick welding option.

This welder is a little different than I expected, but not in a bad way. I'm not a professional welder. I've never used a wire feed welder prior to purchasing this welder. I have a fair amount of experience with stick welders.I purchased this to have something more versatile than the Zeny 160 stick welder I purchased last year. A multiprocess welder makes sense for a capable hobbyist. Did some looking around and settled on this one, seemed to have the best capabilities, cost, and other decent reviews. Unboxed and everything was there, except a roll of wire (which was not supposed to be there, my mistake). Put in a roll of E71T-11 went out and ran a couple test beads. This is when I figured out things were a bit simpler than I expected.The amperage knob is more of a set and forget knob; it controls amperage, voltage and wire speed. There is a chart in the manual that provides information on this. Being new to wire feed, this made the learning curve very short. I was able to get decent welds with good penetration very quickly and not worry about figuring out the wire speed and voltage. The upper knob does fine tune the voltage if necessary but this does not show on the display.After a couple test beads I spent the next 5 hours repairing some worn/damaged equipment and fabricating a firebox rack for my smoker. Running 100A or less I never surpassed the machine's duty cycle. Only had one minor instance of burn back. By the end of the day I had used about 3/4# of wire (0.030) and had all of my repairs done.It works, it works very well. It's a good learning machine. I think it is fairly easy to use. It's quite portable and light. A couple co-workers are very intrigued and thinking about buying their own.A couple of cons: The grounding clamp is kinda cheap and I replaced it with one from HF. The cables (ground and stinger) are on the short side. The wire feed cable is short too, but didn't cause any problems.

Purchased: Tooliom TL-250 WelderLet's begin at the good stuff. The welder is amazing at 120 volts. I don't have 220 available so that is a limitation for me, no reflection on the Tooliom 250 welder.I had the TL-250 for 3 weeks and I used it HARD every day for hours. It never quit, it didn't reset for over heating, it ran constantly without falter. I only used the Mig feature and only on ferrous material.I didn't use the gas on solid wire either. I just used flux core wire .030 size.I tried the MMA function and it worked, but I am a lousy stick welder so I couldn't evaluate that feature. Also, I never tried the TIG either.It has enough knobs and switch functions to confuse or satisfy depending on how you look at it. In Synergy mode (automatic) it computes for itself on what to do and it works very well. You can adjust induction and voltage a bit in this mode if you need to fine tune.In manual mode you have to fiddle with the settings if you have varying pieces of metal you are welding together. It's not difficult or frustrating at all. I like to fiddle so I liked it.That's pretty much it.Now the not so good.The unit comes with a spool of .030 wire you must install and feed through the stinger. I used up the spool and changed it for .035 wire as that is what I had on hand. This is where the problem came in for me I must stress. Others may not have had a problem, but I haven't seen any reviews for the TL-250 either. I think I am the first one to do so.I fed the wire through the stinger as required. At least that is what I tried to do. Well, the diffusion liner, that's technically what it is called, call it the feed cable or liner, the wire got stuck half way through.I pulled it back out and did it again. And again. And again.By now I'm thinking maybe a bit of wire broke off inside the liner and it wouldn't let the .035 size wire through.I don't get mad at machines because, well, they are machines and they just do. I save my anger and frustrations for other things. It was a challenge for me to try to figure out. I fed the wire through AGAIN and this time I marked on the liner where the sticking point was.Did I say I had to pull the liner out of the stinger and out of the feed mechanism in the welder?Yep. No other way to check my theory. Now,the liner cable is tightly wound. So tight in fact that I couldn't see inside the groves if the wire I fed through was sticking there and why. So I bent the liner a little bit where I had marked it. Still no good, so I bent it a little more. Not enough so I bent it a LOT and there was nothing blocking passage for my wire.Did you ever try to respring a spring? It doesn't work. At this point I just bent the hell out of the liner to see waht was blocking the wire passage. Nothing. Absolutely nothing there!I screwed up the liner so badly that I said to myself, self ya gotta buy a new one. They don't exist! Oh yeah, Miller, Hobart, Lincoln, they all have liners specifically made for them.I contacted Tooliom and their response was, " we don't have the metal liners". Okay no problem I 'll just look for one on line. Nope. Wrong size of the button on the fitting end. The one you need is 8.5mm.So keep this in mind.I returned the welder...