Unless I'm missing something, Titanium welders from HF only have 90 day warranty, unless you buy an extended warranty though them.
You are missing something but what you are missing isn't advertised by HF, you have to physically go to the store and talk to the manager.
HF only advertises their '90 day' warranty and the warranty I have may be tied into the HF Credit card and / or the ITC club membership, both of which I have.
I do believe that the '90 day warranty does apply to their 'loss leader' line of Chicago welders, not that I'm interested in them anyway because I require advanced machines with features that the cheapo welder don't have and never will have. My Pro-Tig is 100% digital readout and all the welding parameters, TIG and low hydrogen SMAW are set with just 3 controls. Same with the plasma cutters, all digital readout but in the case of the plasma cutters, one control sets everything and all 3 have 'memory' built in so when you start them up, they return to your previous settings (other than inert gas flow which you have to set via a flowmeter).
I really like the HF credit card. When you charge major purchases like I do, the cost is interest deferred (depending on the amount up to 3 years) and believe me, I go 3 years without fail. Lets just say I ran it up over 3500 bucks last time.
Actually, the HF Vulcan and Titanium series welders and plasma cutters have the standard 90 day warranty plus an additional one year (from the purchase date, receipt required) and you can extend that 2 additional years for an additional fee. I know as I extended the warranty on all 3 of them when I purchased them and I have the paperwork to prove it. When you extend the warranty, the cashier prints out a separate receipt and provides you with a leaflet with that receipt attached so all you have to do is take that with the machine back to HF and they give you a new one, no questions asked and that is for whatever reason, even if you don't like the color of the case, I know, I asked the store manager.
She also wants me to teach her how to TIG weld...lol No, she isn't my type anyway. Not into chubby gals with tats and streaked red and blonde hair....
I know she likes me but the feelings aren't reciprocal.
The 3 year warranty that HF has is as good as any of the mainstream machines (Hobart, Miller, Lincoln, ESAB) and not quite on par with Fronius but all of them will require taking their machines to an authorized service center which may or may not be local and if not, shipping the machine to them and in my experience, they do not cover transportation costs either and will charge you for non warranty items such as fried components due to negligence on your part.
HF is a lot easier that returning something to Amazonian for replacement or even dealing with an 'authorized service center' for repairs, warranty or not. My local HF stores are less than 15 miles either east or west of me.