I was looking for a inverter mig welder and at first went with a Bestarc 145, but that died completely within the first two weeks. Having returned that unit I started looking at something a bit more expensive, and that had a good warranty period. The reviews on the Mig 200 were all pretty much excellent, and the manufacturer offering a 2 year warranty (I also bought an additional 3 years through Asurion) helped seal the deal. I was impressed with unit immediately, both for its features and its solid construction. The user manual is actually quite well written with only a few translation gaffes, and is easy to follow to get you up to speed with Mig 200's operation. After spending a few hours doing practice welds, I got to work on building a welding cart for this and my plasma cutter. I have only used the MIG and Flux core so far, both performed flawlessly. Gun is very comfortable in the hand and 10 length on the cord is more than adequate. I am just a hobby welder and DIYer so this machine is perfect for me, but the range of settings and adjustments that you can play with, I am sure an experienced and professional welder would also be quite impressed with this, especially for the price. Read more

Ive had this Mig200 for over 2 years now and can't believe I have not left a review yet. Out of the box, it was easy enough to set up following the directions and get right to mig welding. I have used it with gas and flux core with excellent results. Small diameter blue demon wire with gas has done a few floorboards and body repairs. With flux core it is more than sufficient for angle iron or farm work. The arc burns 6013s like butter, great for plates. I was skeptical about inverter type welders but arccaptain makes a damn good one. Next on my list is one of their TIGs. They make an attachment for the Mig 200 but a stand alone TIG keeps your finish welder out of the slag path. This company is legit! If I had to pick a downside, it would be the ground clamp. It's a bit flimsy but online or HF you can get a beefy brass one cheap. Not worth deducting a star because it still is fully functional. Read more

*I WILL UPDATE THIS WHEN I’VE RUN THE MACHINE LONGER* These are just my initial thoughts on the Arccaptain Mig200 I’ve tried the Mig setting using some 0.030 flux core wire. Setting up the wire is super easy and almost impossible to mess up. The stinger it comes with is actually pretty nice for what your get, and the mig gun could be a little better quality, but they’ll both work! This machine has 3 knobs and 6 buttons.. I’m 26 and I’m not a huge fan of machines having screens, so figuring out how to use this thing was a pain in the rear to me When I was able to actually weld with it, it was super nice and didn’t have any hooks ups… other than trying to figure out temperature and wire speed. I’ll update this when I’ve got at least another 6 months of use From it. Read more

I have been really impressed with the ArcCaptain MIG200 multi-process welder. I bought this welder as an upgrade and replacement for my old Millermatic 140 welder. This ArcCaptain welder has so much more versatility, adjustment, and power compared to the old basic transformer MIG welder I'm coming from. The build quality is excellent, although it may not be as durable as a big name brand, but for DIY hobby use in the garage it will be more than tough enough. The welder comes with almost everything you need to MIG or stick weld out of the box. The only items you'll need to pick up are your MIG wire, shielding gas (unless you run flux-core wire), a gas regulator, or your stick welding electrodes. The welder comes with extra MIG consumables and uses standard tweco style contact tips readily available. 3 different styles of wire drive rolls are provided; V-groove for solid wire, knurled groove for flux wire, and U-groove for aluminum wire. Unfortunately ArcCaptain appears to have a packaging issue though because even with 7 drive rolls included in the kit none of them have a groove sized for running 0.035" (0.9mm) wire of any type. Hopefully they correct this issue in the future. This welder welds nicely and creates an easy to control weld bead. I'm a little rusty with my handwork so the inconsistencies in my test welds were the result of my own travel speed issues and not the welder. The Synergistic MIG functionality is really nice and provides a really good starting point for MIG weld settings. The one thing that ArcCaptain completely fails to mention in their user manual though is that when your in Synergistic mode you MUST set the AMPERAGE level appropriate for the material thickness being welded and then the machine will adjust the voltage and wire feed speed accordingly. For any beginner, just follow this rule of thumb and use 1 Amp for ever 0.001" of material thickness (ex. for welding 1/8" thick steel start with the welder set to 125A in synergistic mode and adjust the voltage from there if the weld is too hot/cold for your liking). My only minor complaints about the welder, aside from the missing 0.035" drive rolls, are that ArcCaptain didn't include a MIG setup chart sticker inside the door cover (which is standard practice on all MIG machines), and that the unit comes wired for 110V input and they provide a 110V to 220V adapter cable. I think this practice of passing 220V through a 110V plug is poor design and may even be a violation of certain electrical safety codes. The better design would've been to have a 220V cable wired to the unit and adapt down to a 110V plug when needed. Overall this ArcCaptain MIG200 welder is a great value for all of the functionality it provides. It provides many more advanced features typically reserved for welders 2-3X the price of this unit. ArcCaptains support team has also been very helpful and responsive to my emails and the customer support is excellent for an international company. I'd highly recommend this welder to anyone looking for an excellent value multi-process MIG welder. Read more

I just put this puppy to use welding 14 gage 10 gage, tubing and 3/8” plate. It didn’t struggle at all. Even overheads and terrible spots, I was able to adjust the settings so easily with the SYN mode where it automatically adjusts the wire speed to match the desired voltage. I love the thought that was put into this welder. Even threading wire through the liner - it shuts the gas off (so u don’t waste any) and Max’s out the wire speed automatically. I have not used the aluminum wire spool yet but will come back her with some feed back when I do. I had a Lincoln welder that cost me $2500 in 2016 and the mother board fries in 2024. It would have cost more to fix it than buy a new one… so I looked into other models and had a buddy recommend arc captain. I’m glad he did. For the price - this is a fantastic garage welder. I am a journeyman ironworker and a journeyman welder. Most of my garage work is on cars, jeeps and oddball projects. This welder is capable of everything that I plan to throw at it. Very impressed. Read more