Vulcan Omnipro 220 welder Miller multimatic 200 test 

Hi mike. Did you have a e-mail o WhatsApp?? To share weld knowledge

Michael, I went ahead and pulled the trigger and bought one of the Vulcan Omnipro’s mainly based on your videos and experiences with it. I did buy the 2 year extended warranty for peace of mind, but hope for the best. Thanks again for the videos you do. I think I might need one of those Titanium plasma cutters next! Have a good one.

Thank you I've been watching a lot of your video's, they pop up after I was talking about buying a new welder. My old RED BOX welder is giving me a lot of hesitation. I took it in to see if I could get it fixed the shop said that welder is out dated and the maker don't even sale the parts to it anymore. I checked to welding shop's and both said the same thing. Not shire if you guys are using gas or flux wire?

I just watched the video all the way through .I didn't even bother watching at first. Now that I did I do agree with you. let me ask you a question is the Valcon brand new? and if so, how old is the Miller? I actually have the same exact Miller 200 and I'm selling it .I've only used it 10 or less times. Im working way too much now no time for projects now or in the near future. Your right about the price for sure and the valcon seemed to work just as good if not better.

@@hammertimeh2r910 how much are you asking for your Miller welder? I'm looking to buy a new welder because mine after 14 year's is going out it hesitates when I'm trying to run a weld the wire is not feeding right. I went to see if I can get it fix at two diffrent shop's they both said the same thing they don't sell parts for my welder any more.

Right on! I’m glad you are happy with yours! It’s definitely nice to be able to weld aluminum :) These welders work really well!

I'm glad you commented! I think you would be happy with ether welder, but the price and the fact that they both weld great really sealed the deal for me. I as well don't weld every day as my main job, I feel like the Vulcan has and will hold up well. I have owned it for about a year now with no problems what so ever, I feel like it's a well built welder. Take care.

Thanks for checking out my videos man 😊👍

@@Mikefestiva You're welcome. Keep um coming

Joeak74 Nice! I’ve been real happy with my Vulcan so far, it just works so good! It’s good you got the extra warranty, I think it’s a safe way to go with any of these computer controlled welders, my friend Dave that owns the Miller in this video just had to send his Miller back for warranty work after only about 8 months of use, Miller also tried to charge him $130 for the repairs and it took 3 weeks to get it back. I’m glad my video helped you see how they both weld and showed you around the machine a little more. I made both of the OmniPro videos because when these welders first came out there was only in boxing videos and I really wanted to see how they welded, so I decided to buy one and see for my self, I feel they are on par with most high end consumer welders. I think you will be happy with it, and if anything does however go wrong at least you can walk into any HF and walk out with a new one! Take care 🙂

Nice to hear! I'm going to try out the stick welder side of this machine this weekend, good to hear about your findings on the hot start and arc force. Thanks Jeffrey :)

Mike,also tried 6010+++++ .As with most inverters,arc would go out unless stuffed in tight.Also,when using the synergic settings,when you pick the metal thickness,amps can be too high for 6010/6011.Might be spot on for 6013,but i dont use those rods.For 3/32 6011,I was at 70 amps,8 hot start,8 arc force.3/32 7018, try 90 amps,8 hot start,3 arc force.I was welding 1/4 plate .

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Thanks for checking out my video, And I appreciate the nice comment on my welds!

Scott Philbrook Thanks for your comment! I have owned this Vulcan Omnipro for a year now and it’s been great, I feel like it was money well spent. It’s good to hear from others that they have been happy as well with them too! I have been welding with MiG and stick welders for quite a few years and I did not know if I would use the auto set feature that much when I was going to buy this welder, boy was I wrong! It’s extremely convenient and I use it all the time in auto set, it’s great if you’re welding different thickness metals on the same project, it’s so quick to jump up and down sizes with a turn of a knob. I hope you can talk your wife into it! Take care

Right on! I think you will be quite happy with that welder. Take care

Right on 👍 I’m glad to hear your have been happy with yours! I sold mine off a few years back to buy an AC TIG but just recently bought another Omnipro because I really think the build quality is good and it welds really nicely 👍

@@Mikefestiva Right on man! I like your content style, keep up the nice work.

Thanks for checking out my video and subscribing! I really appreciate your nice comments :) It's especially nice to hear that from a fabricator 28 years!

Cant wait to see how you stick weld. I started welding 1970

GRADY JONES Thanks for your thoughtful comments! I’m glad you noticed that I was just showing how these two welders worked without trying to knock one or the other down, I feel they both weld great! I have been completely happy so far with my Omnipro, it just works great and provides everything I need in a machine. Time will tell how they hold up but so far it’s never missed a beat. Take care and thanks again :)

How’s your fronius?

Difference between pro welders and home welders is the longevity not quality. Those won’t last long in a pro setting. You’re the only one I ever heard of using HF crap in a shop

@@Mikey-ym6ok “pro” welders are made overseas in most cases as well. I’m a 25 year professional have worked in automated code work both GTAW/LBW/MIG and own the 125 flux and its bloody fantastic. Compared to dragging a $1000 dollar ESAB around for the jobs that don’t require an engine driven welder its a $200 15lb machine that welds great. Plus you can get a warrantee and they are open Sunday. Used it on a hill welding a fence line on a long extension and welded 18 gauge tubing like nothing. These things being inverter based are good quality. An ex Lincoln engineer designs them from what i have read as well.

Thanks for checking out my video and commenting! I think you will be happy with it. I'm going on owning mine for a year now and I've had zero problems with it, I feel It was money well spent. Take care

MrFirefighter033 Thanks for your comment! I’m right there with you on the Harbor Freight hand tools like wrenchs and socket, They work fine for me, I have pulled a lot of motors and transmissions with mine HF tools and they always get the job done. Take care and thanks for checking out my video.

@@Mikefestiva I know I'm digging up an old thread here, but I just had to share my similar philosophy.. I have several antique cars that either impossible to lock up or not worth the effort.. For a $50 bill at HF I can buy a small tool bag and all the basic hand tools one might need for "side of the road" emergencies and I really wouldn't sweat it if someone ever broke in and swiped them. Hasn't happened yet.. more likely I lose them in the grass! LOL.. But in my garage I keep the expensive "good tools".. the Hazets, Weras, Wihas, ... Craftsmans.. lol

It's great to hear from you Jim! I'm glad you found my youtube channel, thanks for checking out some of my videos :) I have been real happy and impressed with the quality of the Vulcan Omnipro 220 so far, I have not tried out the Pro TIG 200 but I would like to in the future. I do have a spool gun hooked up to my 220 so I can weld aluminum now but it's not even close to welding aluminum with a AC TIG machine. I did however TIG weld some 1/16" stainless steel the other night with the Omnipro and other then me not ever really having the chance to use a TIG torch before it welded good. Well take care Jim and we for sure need to get together soon :)

Gerald Roland thanks for checking out my video on these welders! I have been real happy with my Vulcan 220 so far, it welds great and does everything I need it to do.

john Smith this is the second negative comment you have posted on my video, the first one you must have deleted because you wrote that you were a welder for 35 years and you know what your talking about, but when I corrected you that if you really know about welding you would have known that you don’t weld aluminum with a DC Tig you weld it with a AC tig welder. John I really don’t know why you really even care about what brand welder I use? Now about your comment, cheap welders are stupid welders? What the hell are you talking about. Now John if you are a welder for 35 years like your deleted post claimed, would you have liked it if you were planning on buying a affordable welder and learning how to weld and someone told you to just pay someone else to weld because if you cannot afford the best welder it’s not even worth trying to learn? Come on John your are not being very encouraging to others.

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Thank you Dave for helping!

Thanks for your input on your multimatic. I had not used my friends Miller on 110, but I have ran the vulcan on 110 volts MIG on another video I made where I welding a rack for my work and I have to say it welded great, there's a Lincoln 140 AMP 110volt welder at my work and I did a few test with them side by side and the vulcan has more amps then the Lincoln and seems to be a better welder over all. Like I say with any of these newer inverter welders time will tell on durability. Thanks again for checking out my video.

You have so many skill sets, fabricating, Welding,electrical, your posts on the bandsaw mill is inspiring! I look forward to your next smaller bandsaw build. If you don’t mind my asking , what is your day job?

Thanks :)

Thanks! I highly recommend that you pick up a welder and get into welding, I had always wanted to weld when I was younger, my first welder was a old Lincoln buzz box AC stick welder, it was not the right welder for me because at the time I wanted to weld thinner metals like bike frames and such, years later I got my first wire feed, even though it was a cheap 100 amp welder it was great to have the chance to do more projects. Now I have two multi function welders and they are perfect for all my welding projects. I really recommend you buying a welder and start, you won’t regret it my friend! Take care and when you buy a welder let me know what you bought!

@@Mikefestiva Thanks for the reply. While it's tempting to get an all-in-one machine, I'm leaning more towards one or two smaller, less-expensive boxes. Right now, I'm leaning towards the 170 Amp MIG/Flux welder from Harbor Freight and been looking at the different stick welders on the Home Depot site but have my eye on the Amico boxes, either stick-only or a stick/TIG. I figure something like those two could be a good start without sinking too much money up front, and it would allow me to do flux and stick and give the option to add gas on either box later if it comes to it. The other thing I am keeping in mind, I won't be able to do any work where I live (townhome, HOA) so I'm looking at the 7250 Watt generators at Harbor Freight that should handle the 30A input a lot of boxes take up. Thanks again.

Sounds like a plan! I welded for years with flux wire, it works fine the only thing is the welds look less clean with more splatter but it works fine. I ran a small Lincoln weld pack 100 on flux for years then finally got a bottle and regulator to use it with shielding gas, then about a year ago I bought the Omnipro. Like you said start off with the 170 and learn and have fun. If you don’t have a 4.5” angle grinder I really recommend you pick one up to use along with your welder, with those two tools you can make a lot! I built a bandsaw mill about four years ago mainly with those two tools and only a few others. Take care :)

Hey mike would you prefer any welders

Wow you got Both Welders! I'm interested in how the ProTIG 200 is, I was thinking of getting one in a year or so? Thanks for checking out my videos! I appreciate your nice comments on them, I try to add useful info for people that are looking at getting one of these welders, because when I was looking at them when they first came out there just was not much videos of people welding with them or showing how they weld. I have been planning on making a video of stick welding with the Omnipro and my friends Miller soon, but we will need to wait a few more weeks because his Miller Multimatic is getting sent back for more repairs :( so when it gets back we can run them side by side for a stick comparison. Let me know what you think of your new welders, If they work as good as my welder I'm sure you will be happy with them. I could not be happier with my Vulcan 220 it's a great welder!!!

Hey Gordon nice to hear from you :) I do know the front sockets on the 220 are a standard Dinse connections so for stick and ground leads you will have no problem making or buying longer ones that fit. I think the spool gun is something you will need to buy from Harbor freight, but I made a adapter to fit a Miller spool gun to mine so there's ways to do it. I have not looked into other brands of MIG whips to see if they fit, I bet with a lathe you could adapt just about any MIG whip to fix, HF however does sell them and has them in stock at the store near me. I'm new to TIG as well but after doing a little research I think most TIG torches will fit or can easily be made to work, I just bought the pedal and torch from HF and it works just fine, Again there torch fits standard TIG cups and consumables so you can find them almost anywhere. The TIG peddle feels like a good build quality, full metal case. So about parts, this is what I have asked and found out about. I was just at Harbor freight and was talking to a guy that works there about how happy I have been with my welder and I had a few questions about the extended warranty I bought with it, ( I recommend buying it ) so if it stops working in the first 3 years of the extended warranty you can just go take it back and they will give you a new welder, the guy even said I could bring it in right before the warranty is up and get a new one, I would need to pay $100 more for a new 2 years of warranty but I would have a new welder and I asked if you could keep doing this before the extended warranty runs up and he said yes! Crazy but by the sounds of it if you pay $100 every other year I guess you can keep walking out with a new warranted welder. I don't know if I will because it seems wasteful but hey its a option? If you go buy one ask some questions about the warranty see what they say? Take car Gordon

Mike, Thanks for getting back to me with your thoughts. The welder went off sale price yesterday but I'll keep researching so I can better make a decision for the next time it's on sale.

What did you end up getting?

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The Vulcan has been a great welder so far, I have been happy with it! For the price you can't go wrong. Thanks for checking out my video!

Mike festiva you are quite welcome I love watching informative videos they could be hours long as long as its interesting and informative I am entertained keep up the great videos

No it's only 220amps but if your on the co2 mode you get 27 volts yes if you have 90/10 or greater gas than it sprays although I wouldn't recommend it it's duty cycle kinda sucks

Thanks for checking out my video! I have posted a few other videos of the Omnipro running side by side with Harbor freight’s new Titanium welder, check those videos out if you get time :)

@@Mikefestiva I'm pretty set on the OmniPro. Thanks for the videos.

Hey Bill Thanks for watching my video! Sounds good on your video ideas! I have thought about posting a video of my tractor manly because I bought it used and it's a old Japanese gray market 4x4 and I don't see much on these old tractors on line. I can for sure say it's built amazingly stout for a 18 HP tractor! I have had My Festiva for many years but I'm thinking of selling it some time soon, and putting more time into my old Datsun 510 wagon that I really need to finish, so maybe I should shot a short video of all the work I have put into that little car. Take care Bill :)

Haha yes our age group definitely remembers those older games! The Omnipro has a lot more features then the Millermatic has like, memory recall, post gas flow, spot weld feature, better duty cycle and a few other controls that change how it welds. The one thing the Miller has going for it is it’s quite a bit lighter and more packable. Take care 🙂

Thanks for watching my video Craig, I will add a bit more commentary to some of my next videos, I just felt the quality of the welds would speak for them selfs. I was pleased with the way both welders welded, I really would have a hard time telling the welds apart if you took the finished welded scrap and mixed them up and had me guess which welder they came from. I have heard this many times about start with stick welding and get that figured out then go onto other welding like MIG, I started with a old AC buzz box stick welder, but only because that's all I had access to at the time, I would have started welding with just about any kind of welder because I had drive and when I was a kid I was always interested in welding. Tell you the truth I will weld with stick but I really don't care for it, and most of my projects I weld lend them selfs much better to wire feed (MIG) welding. My suggestion to you or anyone is if your interested in welding, just start! work with what you got and make the best of it, If you ponder over welders, and what kind of machine to use, that's time wasted when you could have been learning how to weld on just about any machine. I always try to make the most of what I got, even if it's "not the right tool or best brand" I hope this helps

Craig,the guy who u trust is giving u solid advise!all the welds on Mikes vids are solid,just shows u the vulcan can weld like the Miller or lincoln

I'm real happy with my Omnipro! It's a great tool and the price is affordable, I was looking at one of the Hobart handler welders but the weight of 80+ LBS and only running on 220 was a the deal breaker for me, then I saw theses welders and I was sold after looking at the build quality in the store, plus you can return them to the store and get another one if by chance something goes wrong with it. I'm sorry to hear some jerk ripped off your Miller :(

Mike festiva I literally just walked out of HF with my new Omnipro..!!! The actual quality of it is pretty damn good to be honest !! The plastics used is similarto every other welder but the metal housing seems to be beefier than most others !!! The dials are looser as you said, the mig gun is not that bad neither... (I had to replace my miller 210s gun after about 4 hours use in 40 days of ownership) The 1 year risk free trial , walk in / walk out with a new welder no questions asked is awesome... $120 (without promo code) for the 2 year extended plan... Not too shabby. Harbor Freight def stepped it up with these..!!!!

Nice!!! I think you will be happy with it :)

I'm with Mike Festiva on this one... 220 voltage is a deal breaker for me too. Every inverter welder in the + or - 200 amp range should be designed to go both ways. 110/220 volt. In my personal opinion, I believe the build quality is better with the Vulcan over the Hobart. Better features too. the Miller 211 and 215 are nothing to write home about. Plus in Mike's tests, he says he never took it to the full 220 amp output. 20 more amps makes a huge difference!

I have noticed this as well with these inverter welders, much nicer even with flux compared to the older transformer welders. Take for commenting.

@@Mikefestiva yeah I love it so far. I really thought I'd consider getting gas to hook up to it but really thinking I'll never need to mess with it. I'm really satisfied with the flux core.

The point of this video was to show these two welders using there stock settings, of course you can go and adjust and tweak to your desire, but that’s not want I was going for when making this video. I wanted to show both welders with stock settings. Also Miller has a good warranty unfortunately my friend had to use it a few months after making this video. His Miller stopped working so he sent it in. Not once, not twice but three times before Miller actually repaired it. It took over 6 months before the problem was resolved, the welder does work now but he has mentioned it still doesn’t weld as good as it had before the first time it failed.

Thanks for checking out my video! The Miller is a real nice welder, all and all things sometimes break, sounds like you did get a lot of wire fed through that drive motor before it went out! I bought a extended warranty for the Vulcan for a extra $100 that makes it 3 years full warranty, they say if it breaks I can bring it in and get a new welder at the store, I don't need to send it in for repairs. Yes it can DC tig and is spool gun ready too, I hope to buy the TIG, foot peddle and spool gun soon, One new toy at a time. Thanks for your comments :)

​@@Mikefestiva did you ever buy those extras ?

@@LemonySnicket-EUC Yes I have videos on my channel covering DC TIG welding with the Omnipro 👍

I think what it means is that it has enough amperage to weld 3/8 inch in a single pass you can weld thicker metal with it but will requires multiple passes

David is right with a couple exceptions. In most cases you're not limited in how many passes you can do unless you're welding to a specific code requirement. Also you may need to preheat your work piece if you're welding up some high mass parts like 1" plate otherwise the high mass will act like a heatsink, reducing the weld penetration. You'd also want to take distortion into consideration when doing multiple passes.

Yep. It appears that Vulcan is an Indian company. www.vulcanwelding.com

Incorrect. Word on the streets is that the Harbor Freight Vulcan welders are manufactured by China's leading welder manufacture..."Jasic". Great stuff!

I think I just did some practice runs and dialed in the adjustments on 75/25 MIG. It was over 3 years ago so I’m just guessing that’s what I did.

Thats what i did as well was jus wondering, thanks for the response

@@miguelesquivel3586 No problem 🙂👍 Did you get good results?

Thanks for checking out my video! I have not had the Vulcan go into the pause cycle till it cools down yet, I have not really needed to push it that hard yet. I weld a lot at my work and quite a bit at home and to be honest I really don't get many welders to pause for the cool down cycle that often, I think it's how I build and weld, I use a metal cutting bandsaw a lot for metal fab and I cut, weld, cut some more and so on, these short breaks seems to help. I have got the Lincoln 140 at my work to cycle some times but it's got a low duty cycle and 1/8" thick is about all it will do. The Vulcan plugged into 240 volts looks like the duty cycle is 100% at 115 amps, This means you would never cycle it welding 1/8" metal tubbing. In less your welding long welds on really thick metal I don"t think the duty cycle is going to bother most people working on projects.

Yeah I figure for what I will use it for it will not be an issue its just that they are so new I am wondering how good they are....I guess that time will tell. I think though that for the price point that its gonna be hard to beat.

For sure time will tell, I feel the first three years are worry free with the extended warranty I bought, by that time I feel like If there's a flaw in the welders Harbor freight would have worked it out and would be selling and warranting the improved welders by then? Why I feel this way is because the way the warranty works is you bring in your broken welder, they give you a new one at the store, so there taking the old unit, no waiting on the old one getting repaired, you walk out with a new welder and hopefully one that is improved if there is flaws in the first ones? This is just my thoughts on it? One more thing I bet if they sell a lot of these welders theres people that would probably post videos of common repairs they have done on them, This will take time mostly after all the warranties are up but I bet there will be info people post about them? just a hunch.

Good point. I am looking real hard at this welder because of the price and what it offers. I am new to welding....got a job in a fab shop where the boss is teaching me so I want something at home to let me get more time in. Plus I want to try some ideas I have for projects. Again, thanks for the info.

Haha! Thanks for sharing this! I have noticed the same with the Miller guys ;) Take care

"100% money back guarantee after one year of use, no question asked return policy". That is a free loaner if you are a beginner. Beat it up for almost a year. Then decide to keep it. Return it because you cant stick two pieces of metal together. Or return it for a brand new machine. lol

I sold this welder off many years ago, I used the cash to buy the Vulcan ProTIG so I could teach myself how to TIG weld aluminum. I ended up buying another Omni pro 220 last Fall on a big Harbor Freight sale. So I have a Omni pro again. I really like it, never had a problem with any of my Vulcan welders so far. The funny thing is my friends Miller in the video actually failed within the first year of him buying it, it took sending his Miller back for repairs 3 times in a 6 month span before Miller actually fixed it right.

Hello I have never used any of my welders on generators, as long as you have one big enough I don’t see why they wouldn’t run on it. Here’s a video with more info about this machine you might find useful 👍 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uX0jA4258Jw.html

I run mine on a honda EU 7000 is, inverter generator works awesome

That trouble free warranty is defiantly peace of mind! My friend waited over 3 weeks for Miller to repair his broken welder, With HF you bring it in and walk out with a new one the same day!

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I seen another review and he said it doesn't work that well looking war machine that can handle 6010 + 7018

I agree, I’ve been running a millermatic 175 for the last 16 years...constant rat nesting and poor grounding hasn’t been good. The $1600 to update to a current Miller VS. the $800-1k Vulcan is a obvious choice for me.

@@WhiskeyTango68 this miller doesn't have any issues and is very capable. Maybe not affordable but you get what you pay for.

16 years is a long time for a little welder. You might try a new liner in the gun. That will probably fix your feeding issues. Drive roll tension is probably too tight as well.@@WhiskeyTango68

Auto is a starting point. Feel free to tweak it.

To answer your question if you run any of these multi voltage welders on 120 volts you are limited on amps, 220 you get the full range of amps out of the machine. Welding on 120 volts you can MiG weld about 1/8” metal, TIG 1/8”, Flux wire weld about 3/16” or maybe 1/4”? and stick weld about the same. I hope this helps.

Mike festiva ok that’s what I was wondering. I figured you put less volts in and get less volts out but wasn’t sure if you could run all three processes off 120 or if any of them required higher volts to run. Thanks!

Yea that’s what dual shield generally refers to. Dual meaning the flux coated wire along with a shielding gas.

One of the best games on the NES. I remember having the gold Zelda cartridge but my stepbrother sold the damn thing without telling me. 😢

Yes It’s been a great welder! I have been running it for a year and a half now with zero problems. I posted a link at the top of this comment page to a new video I just did, it’s a welding project and I got to test out the duty cycle along side with the Titanium 200 welder Harbor Freight is now also selling. These welders definitely exceeded my expectations on duty cycle! Check it out if you get time.