7 Best Stick Welders 2020 – Reviews & Top Picks

While a bit expensive, this powerful multiprocess welder gives you a lot of bang for your buck. As a stick welder it’s as good as it gets, and like all of its functions is rated as a high quality machine. It can draw power from 110 and 220 volt outlets, and is compatible with generators that produce at least 10, 000 watts of “clean” power.

The biggest draw is likely its ability to switch between its stick, TIG, and plasma cutting features quickly and easily with just the flip of a simple selector switch.

For raw specs, it welds a 3/16” swath on a single pass on AC, 3/8” on DC (both TIG), and a 5/8” pass on the plasma cutter.

Rounding things out is a 30 day money back guarantee, and a 5 year parts and labor warranty, so you can subject it to as much of a pounding a you need to to get the job done. It’s even movable in a pinch, though a bit on the heavy side (60 lbs) to be called truly “portable.

You can’t go wrong with this best model no matter your purpose.

Similar to the Alpha 160, this is a very small and maneuverable (16 lbs, about the size of a lunch cooler) stick welding machine. It’s a dual voltage 110 and 230 volt package, and also like the Alpha 160 is only a DC welder.

While a bit weaker, it is also very cheap, and comes with a  number of good safety features: a “smart fan” that only turns on when the machine is over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, over and under voltage protection, over current protection, and overload protection. This makes it perfect for job sites with inconsistent power output (shoddy generators, or power in developing countries) or when working with unknown factors in regards to power. Amico ARC 160D has enough protections to make it safe to use under most conditions, and if it burns out it’s a tenth the price of a heavy duty stick welding machine so it isn’t as much of an issue to replace.

This is our choice for the best 110v stick welder machine on the market. It also fills a fairly unique niche as an portable and affordable price stick welder. 

The above confluence of features is what makes it top stick welder for farm use. Day by day you never know what you’re going to need to do on a farm. Fence repair, broken wheelbarrow axle, some side project you’re throwing together for a single job, you name it and it might need doing.

While the Everlast Power Pro is a tempting option to go with for its power and multiprocess functions, it’s also bulky and would be difficult to drag out into the middle of a field. The Prime Weld is about half the weight and bulk of the Power Pro, 1/3 of the price, and still does TIG and stick welding, the most important features you’re likely to need (a plasma cutter is nice, but is less generally useful).

The 3 year warranty and 7 day customer service push it over the edge as the top arc welder option for farm use, since never knowing what’s going to go wrong next includes when your welder is going to break down when you need it most.