Don Foreman writes:

On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:27:03 -0600, Joe Pfeiffer
wrote:

Yes, but (last I heard this was still true) from Italy, not the far
east.

I had one of those Italian MIGs. I was flat amazed at how much better
*I* could weld when I tried the Lincoln SP125+ at the store one day.
The wop wire welder still "worked", but it went in the shed and hasn't
been touched since. I may find a use for the xfmr some day.....

What made the difference?