I got this for my nephew at Christmas and he loves it. We had a hard time getting him to open any other presents, he just wanted it out of the box. He puts the helmet and gloves on and welds every thing. The only bad thing I can say if you don't like noisey toys than don't get this, but my nephew loves it.
We bought this My First Craftman's welder for our grandson for Christmas. My husband is a welder and we now know for certain that grandkids do watch their grandparents, of all the gifts we got him this we have enjoyed watching him weld.