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    Popular Mechanics Magazine Selects Renegade VOLT™ Battery Welder for a "Best Tools of 2024" Award
    March 7, 2024

    Popular Mechanics Magazine Selects Renegade VOLT™ Battery Welder for a "Best Tools of 2024" Award

    North Bethesda, Md. – Popular Mechanics magazine announced the winners of its coveted Tool Awards, naming ESAB’s Renegade VOLT™ ES 200i Stick/TIG battery-powered welding system as a “Best Tools of 2024” in the “Most Portable Welder” category. Products are tested by seasoned tradesmen at Popular Mechanics and their reviews are carefully and seriously assessed as their 17.5M+ readership audience uses this edition for their purchasing needs. 

    The product review stated “Welding doesn’t get any more compact or portable than this: a cordless welder powered by DeWalt power tool batteries. ESAB’s welder is a breakthrough in that respect. You don’t need a truck or any kind of service vehicle. You could put this thing in the trunk (or even the back seat) of any car and take it anywhere. Set up takes minutes, just slide in the four DeWalt FLEXVOLT batteries, set the welding parameters on the digital readout screen, attach your work lead and weld as you would normally.”

    Achieving this level of recognition confirms the Renegade VOLT as an industry innovation, and it is an honor to be recognized by a publication considered to be the leading authority in the DIY, science and technology space,” says Peter Burchfield, General Manager, Equipment Solutions at ESAB.

    The Popular Mechanics product reviewers tested ESAB’s Renegade VOLT in a field repair application. “We ran 3/32-in. 6010 and 1/8-in. 7018 rods with it making the kinds of welds you would typically encounter in the field doing repair work. The model we tested came with four 60-volt, 12-Ah batteries and weighed 54.4 pounds. It’s a lot to carry, but still manageable. ESAB says that when equipped with the largest 12-Ah version of these batteries, the machine will melt its way through 33 E6013 electrodes. We didn’t burn through that many rods. Our tests consisted of running test beads to get the hang of the machine and then fastening a loop to a weather-beaten steel post at a remote location for the purpose of chaining off an entryway. It’s a remarkable machine with an accessible learning curve suitable for anyone who has stick welded before.”

    In addition to winning this prestigious award, Popular Mechanics also used the Renegade VOLT as its cover photo for the print issue of the “Tools Award 2024” edition.

    Popular Mechanics magazine featuring ESAB welding machine.

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