00:00If you've ever been mid-weld and had your arc start sputtering for no obvious reason, 9 times out of
00:0410 it's not you, it's your consumables.
00:07Burnt out contact tips and spattered up nozzles will wreck a good bead faster than anything else in your shop.
00:13So I went digging and pulled together the top 5 MIG torch contact tips and nozzles that people are actually
00:18buying and rating highly right now, and honestly, some of these prices made me do a double take.
00:24Let's get into it.
00:26First up is the 15AK gas nozzle holder with the nozzle spring, and this is one of those parts nobody
00:31thinks about until it fails.
00:33It's the little connecting rod that holds your tip and keeps your nozzle seated properly, and when that spring gets
00:39tired, your nozzle starts wobbling or falling off completely, usually right in the middle of a job.
00:44This one's built for the MB-15AK torch, it's $4.13, and nearly 5,000 people have picked one up
00:51with a 4.7 rating.
00:53For the price of a coffee, keeping a spare in your drawer is just smart.
00:57Next, if you're running a bigger torch, the 36KD contact tips are worth a look.
01:03These are the M8 by 30mm tips, and you can grab them in 0.8, 1.0, 1.2, 1
01:09.4, or 1.6mm to match whatever wire you're feeding.
01:14What stood out to me here is the 4.9 rating across more than 4,600 sales, that's people coming
01:19back because the bore stays true and they're not getting burned back halfway through a spool.
01:24$5.51 for consumables that hold their shape under heat is a genuinely good deal.
01:30Now if you want to just solve the problem once and stop reordering every few weeks, this next one's for
01:35you.
01:36It's a full 15AK consumables kit, either 15 or 30 pieces, rated for 180 amps, and it comes with gas
01:43nozzles, contact tips, tip holders, a gun neck, and even a wrench.
01:47Basically a complete rebuild in a box.
01:50It's $12.44, which when you break it down per piece is ridiculous, and it's got a 4.7 rating
01:57from over 4,000 buyers.
01:59If you weld regularly, this is the one I'd buy.
02:03This next set caught my eye because of the rating, a straight 5 stars.
02:07It's the MB-15 AKM 6x25mm contact tips and gas nozzle, and you've got a choice between C-U-C
02:14-R-Z-R and E-Copper.
02:16That C-U-C-R-Z-R option matters if you're running longer, hotter passes, because chrome zirconium copper handles
02:22heat way better before it starts deforming.
02:24Sizes run from 0.6 all the way to 1.2mm.
02:30$3.66, cheapest thing on this list, perfect 5-star rating.
02:35Hard to argue with that.
02:37And rounding it out, here's a 5-pack of the MB-15 AK tips and gas nozzles, again in the
02:42M6x25mm size with both E-Copper and C-U-C-R-Z-R available.
02:47The nice thing about this one is it also fits the 14 AK torch, so if you've got two different
02:52guns in the shop, you're covered with one order.
02:56$5.05 for 5 pieces, 4.9 stars, over 4,000 sold.
03:01Buying tips in multi-packs is just how you avoid that panic moment when your last one burns out on
03:06a Sunday.
03:07Alright, that's my top 5.
03:10All the links are down in the description, so go check current pricing because these things move quick.
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03:25Thank you.
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