like the welder was too lazy to clean the aluminum ...
353642
These work for the intended purpose.

I ended up buying some small C-clamps and before using them, I clamp them together at 3 places.  This makes the ramp more rigid.

That said, the aluminum on the tops of the ramps is too thin.  Every step you take flexes alarmingly.  More worrisome is the quality of welds... there's burn marks around them, like the welder was too lazy to clean the aluminum properly before welding and had to burn through the aluminum oxide.

If I had to do it again, I'd be looking for something that is more on the sturdy side, and less on the light weight side.  There were too many compromises made to keep these ramps light in my opinion.
4218785
Ordered this to replace the metal bottom that came with the jar. I did not like the way the metal one was constructed as it was two pieces welded together This created areas under the top piece were yuck developed and collected - even with daily cleaning. It was quite difficult to get at those areas as well.  Would be better for the two sections to be screwed together; then a thorough cleaning would be possible. This new bottom is constructed so that there are no areas to collect and allow mold and algae to grow. Much better!
812533
After trying several of the plastic versions of this common design and breaking the cranks of them all, I thought this was the solution--old fashioned heavy metal construction.  Alas, within three months, it's consigned to the waste bin along with the others.  The handle is attached by rivet to a pressed steel arm connected to the grating drum.  The point of attachment is the Achilles heel, with the rivet hole gradually enlarging until the handle came off.  Why is this simple tool so hard to manufacture in a durable version?
3407104
The stud welder itself worked great, but the slide hammer had a really hard time releasing from the studs. Sometimes the force needed to make the slide hammer let go would push the dent back in.
2624361
Not written by a welder in my opinion. The directions were not very clear and the pictures were not clear either and many seemed to be gleamed off the internet and not take during the projects.
2750282
Item had a broken weld when I received it. I elected to repair it myself instead of returning it.
445951
It has a relief valve made of aluminum which was leaking as soon as I started the pressure washer up.  I found it was leaking because it was cracked from when it was screwed into the pump.  They had put it on with Loctite and I could not even drill it out.  Was able to use the good part of my old pump and part of this pump to make a fully functional pump but I will not buy this junk again.
4199340
Cleaning this was such a painful, endless, and tedious endeavor, that I finally just donated it to goodwill. The build up on the heating component happens so fast that maintaining this thing is literally a part time job. Never. Again.
733218
Rough, doesn't fit my citizen promaster, sloppy welds
3651146
Work like a welding rod. Might just be my welder, I have the AHP200X and still learning but the slag was definitely not easy to remove. I would chock it up to technique and settings. Would recommend.
4331490
I am more than frustrated with my experience with everlast. After the machine not working correctly with AC aluminum, I sent it in for warranty. I called, went through the process were the guy was rude to me the whole time assuming I had no idea how to use a welder at all. Then after I had the settings just so as he described and it still didn't work, it could be sent in. 6+ months later, I get it back, and it still isn't working correctly. Now the high frequency start doesn't work. Since a Miller tig came into my life, I've had 0 use for this. I decided today to get it out and try to figure out what's going on to find that at some point at everlast it has obviously been damaged MORE. As you can see in the pictures they glued the plastic back together, and the metal on the top of the inside is bent. Now I can't tell if this damaged the internals, I'm extremely displeased with this company. They were rude, never fixed anything, and potentially broke my machine more.

2 stars because the price was great, and it handled steel like a champ
775657
the material and design is great but the welding of the darn thing is shoddy and given the fact am an engineer and have witness welding of all types I believe the manufacturer could have done an excellent job of this product plus it is not balanced in its seating position but a real shame its actually a good product
328404
I really like the idea of one piece of equipment that can do more than one thing. In theory, this rack does that, but I'm afraid the manufacturer didn't cooperate. The welds are incredibly weak. Right out of the box, one of the handles was missing, and the other fell off after a small amount of handling. I was going to use it anyway, since the handles aren't required for the rib function. As I placed it on the grill, one of the other pieces popped off. This was all before it saw one second of heat.
387194
I had one of these from 15 years ago and we gave this to my father for Christmas. Seems like they really did whatever they could to make it cheap. what happened to the thick cast aluminum material it was before?
593945
They don't make them like they used to. For that much money I would expect a little bit better welding and workmanship. Few spots you can tell where they burned through the aluminum. Definitely not as good as they used to be.
2089817
Great idea, but mine was poorly executed.  Not an correctly angled weld anywhere on it.  It appears to have been made in Barcelona, Spain.  My guess the guy making it was drunk. At least I can 'respect' that.  I will update and see if my poorly made example was a statistical error or just a representative sample.

Poor quality can be expected for a chinese made bit of wire from Walmart at a $5 price point, but this sucker is pushing $30!
4377387
Not a clean cut it "grabs" at aluminum and it doesn't have a spring to spit out the material it cut