I'm looking to purchase a new welder that is dual voltage so that I can use it at home and in my shop at work. I have been looking at the Miller Maxstar 150 tig and the Millermatic DVI2 mig. The welder will be used for welding tabs and such on a buggy to start with. also I have never used a tig but have welded a lot with mig. Does anybody have experience with either of these welders? What direction would you guys go?

i have a dvi and think its great. very versatile. i would personally get the mig first as you will use it the most for ease.

I really like the specs of the DVI and it helps that I can weld with a mig. Does anybody else produce a dual voltage Mig?

Tig is more like oxy / acet welding that anything else. I would agree that mig is the way to go for ease and probably general usefullness. That said, I believe with the maxstar you can also stick weld if you have heavy welding to do and probably out perform the mig in thickness, asuming 110v.

The maxstar will not do alum. You need ac tig for that. The dynasty series from miller is a dual voltage tig that does both ac and dc tig so you could do alum or steel in tig and also stick weld.

The Dynasty looks like a great welder but is about a $ 1000 over my budget

I like the idea of being able to plug into 115V, as the welder can be used anyplace. Does anybody make a 115V machine that is comparable to the DVI ?

i just bought the DVI2. i had used it before.

i think its one of the best mid-grade MIG welders i have ever used.

i can weld 18 gauge all the way up to 3/16 on 110 voltage. and with thicker materials at 220V its awesome! i really like it so far.

its nice to be able to swap voltages just by changing the plug in.

Discussed on here many times...

MIG vs. TIG really depends on what you plan to weld - material, size, complexity.

110/220 vs. 220-only really depends on how much you really plan to use the 110 - the 220-only models are going to get you a lot more machine for the price vs. the variable models.