Hobart wants you to venture into TIG, and to help you along they’ve introduced a new model in their EZ line: the EZ-TIG 165i. Like Hobart’s other EZ models, the 165i features a single knob control, simplifying the learning process by combining some of the most common settings into easily-selected presets. Just select your metal type and thickness and you’re good to go.
Though the 165i does require a 230V 1-phase power source with a 6-50P three-prong plug, it weighs only 50 lbs — a whopping 90 lbs less than Hobart’s other TIG units. You also get 12.5′ of lead and Hobart’s Lecacy 17 Weldcraft TIG torch. (You can add finger-tip amperage control separately for extra dough.) It’s affordable, too, starting at around $1,300.
But most importantly, you get the ability to expand your home welding projects beyond mild steel. Want an aluminum coffee table? A stainless steel truck box? A chromoly bike? This isn’t a bad place to start.
The EZ-TIG 165i [Hobart]
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Sweet, but how’s the duty cycle compared to the 90 lb heavier unit? Specs says 20%, so that’s two minutes welding, eight minutes grinding out the weld you just made in the wrong spot while the welder cools down.
There are no other TIG welders on Hobart’s site…
For field work we replaced our older Hobart unit with a Miller Trailblazer – and have never looked back.
My lincoln invertec v205-t tig weighs less and cost less and has never failed me. The 205 has all the range that most anybody needs. I run it off a lincoln GTX motor driven welder I can tig weld any where. I have never had good luck with hobart’s
I know it’s not a comparable welder but i picked up a Miller Maxstar 150 Stick/Tig (DC only) years ago. It’s nice being able to run it from a small generator and a regular outlet.
Looks to be the miller ez-tig thing they just came out with only in grey and orange