- RX WELD Argon Flowmeter for MIG TIG Weld, CGA580

I use this regulator every day running a welding shop the price is really good easy to read the accuracy is excellent functionality thing works really well I have had no problems

Works as it should, and it's dependable.

Works fine. Very pleased, especially at the price point. Hose is nice, too, especially if your tank is mounted on a cart with your welder. If you've got a bigger stationary tank you'll need to get a longer hose.

I am thinking the regulator will work OK, but the barbed fitting will not tighten up leaking a lot of gas. Will have to take time to go to town and find another fitting to use. Would have been cheaper and easier to have went to a welder supply house and got one and been using it now. Update: After I posted my review I was contacted by RX Weld and offered a refund. They said they waI need tonted to make their customers happy. I need to order a torch before long so I'm sure it will be RX Weld. Good cuustomer service.

Works well

Comes with fittings to either add a flare to a hose, or connect an existing male flare. Nice quality - has volumeetric adjustment as well.

I'm not a pro welder. If you're looking for such opinions, skip mine. I'm a home-jobber, hobby-welder. I needed a flow meter to get my mig setup to do aluminum wire. This flow meter attached just fine to my argon bottle, no issues. The hose it came with is fine too. I detected no leaks once it was all snugged up (I just used soapy water spray). I have no way to test if the flow-rate I'm setting is accurate. I used settings I found on-line (~15 to 20 ft/min), did my aluminum migging and the parts were joined. My welds don't look great, but it worked... my destructive testing tells me the welds are at least as strong as the base metal (aluminum angle). What I could notice was I didn't get the ugly porosity that low/no shielding gas would show. So, as far as I know, the flow-meter is passing out enough gas to do the job. Maybe its too much?.. no idea. More may be a waste than 'the right amount', but the welds are cleaner than if it was too low. I tested the low/no shielding gas use-case just so I could see what it looks like... and its very ugly. Look online for pics/vids of bad shielding on aluminum welds... its unmistakable when you see it. Now, when I say 'ugly', I mean beyond the clumpy, uneven welds a home-jobber like me puts down... b/c my welds are 'ugly'. I don't stack dimes,... I may lay down a dime, then a quarter, then a nickel... repeatedly. Bad form, bad movement control, all the wrong stuff. So, what I mean is, the low-shielding-gas issues present as pits/pot-holes and dirty/dark spots in the weld... that would make even an otherwise pro-welder's nice 'dime-stack' look like a pitted, dusky looking mess. Once you've seen it, you know what to look for. Despite my good results, I'd say that any pro is not going to use or trust this 'cheap' meter, nor should they. If your welding is mission-critical and/or lives are on the line, use the good stuff... and any pro welder knows that anyway. If you're like me and just need to stick some metal together for small projects where if they fail no one dies?.. then perhaps this flow-meter is just fine for you as well.

Works perfectly, pretty surprised considering the price.

Seems like a decent quality regulator

This is a good quality product at a great price. Comes with adaptors to install different ways as required

Whilst the regulator comes with a gas line it has completely wrong fitting attached. You do get a single female coupling and a poor quality hose clamp- you have to cut you gas line . Also the flow meter (floating ball) has Argon and CO2 scale. Not sure on accuracy and male cone fittings are nor rubber nut machined brass. Not exact mating to cylinder outlets so care and check for leaks regularly- additionally the main fitting to the bottle is a USA NPT thread and does not fit Australia BSP gas bottle threads. - whilst you can change the nit - the added cost and messing around- not worth the headache. Do not buy for Australia

So far seems really good quality , haven't used it yet will update if any issues

Unfortunately will not fit my gas bottles ,having problems trying to return product, need some help from you thanks Markus