What are TIG Inverters?

What Exactly are TIG inverters?

Essentially,  a TIG inverter is a smaller and higher tech version of an older Transformer style Tig welding machine. TIG inverters are lightweight and portable. 

I currently only sell 2 brands of TIG inverters on my store at weldmonger.com.

CK worldwide 

PrimeWeld

The reason I don't only sell these 2 brands boils down to 2 things:

1. Affordability
2. Customer support.

Main Differences between the PrimeWeld 225 and the CK MT200

Currently the CK mt200 tig welder is at $1995  at weldmonger.com

The PrimeWeld TIG 225x is at $869 at weldmonger.com but is frequently out of stock due to high demand.

Is the CKMT200 worth the difference in price?

Well, for some people, Yes.

The CK mt200 tig welder has 5 main features that differ from the primeweld tig welder 225x ...and some might find these differences to be very important.

1. Weight ( less than 40 lbs)
2. Fan on Demand and quiet fan when it runs
3. Low 5 amp start amperage
4. good 115volt performance (140 amps on DC)
5. Simple settings ( very few knobs)

The CK mt200 is a great choice if these features are important to you.

If these features are not all that important to you, then the PrimeWeld TIG 225x would be a great choice and a great value.

Both companies have great service and support their products.

And we here at weldmonger.com will make sure any potential issues get solved with either machine.

Here is a video where my friend Brad Goodman uses the PrimeWeld TIG225X TIg inverter to weld an aluminum lap joint using the pedal pump technique.

Learn more about this affordable tig welder with bonus kit at weldmonger.com

A short story about my first TIG inverter

When I was learning to tig weld, tig welding machines weighed 800 lbs and were almost as big as a refrigerator.

TIG inverters came along and totally changed the game.

A 225 amp tig welding machine that weighs around 50 lbs can cost less than $1000 and can be delivered right to your door? 

And with all the videos that I have available here on weldingtipsandtricks.com 

You can learn to tig weld in your own shop or garage.

I bought my first tig welding machine in the early 1990s to start my side hustle welding business.

It was a miller syncrowave 250 and it was a great machine,  but not portable at all.

And it needed a 100 amp breaker for welding aluminum thicker than 1/8” thick.

When I moved my welding shop from an industrial building back to my garage I  didn’t have a 100 amp circuit.

Right about that time was when TIG inverters that could weld both AC and DC became available. The only 2 choices I knew about back then were the Lincoln Invertec v205t and the Miller Dynasty 200.

So I sold the syncrowave 250 and bought a Miller Dynasty 200dx and mounted it on the wall of my garage welding area to save floor space.

That worked out really well for me for a few years and I made a lot of money with that Dynasty 200.

The latest version of the Miller Dynasty 200 is now called a dynasty 210 and at the time of this writing (June 2023) is currently over $6,000 for the machine alone without torch or foot pedal.

Well guess what?  All the jobs I ever did during  my side hustle days using that miller dynasty 200 could be done using a primeweld TIG225 for around $900 or a CK Mt200 at $1995.

Miller makes great tig welding machines and I still own a Dynasty 280.

All I am saying is there are now other options for folks wanting to get into tig welding for way less