I would like to be able to say it is low spatter, but it is actually a bit more than that. Spatter is easily cleaned off with a wire wheel, and smearing some tip dip around the welding area helps a lot with the clean up. A good, low cost flux core wire. I typically use two pound spools but the 10 lb spool is so much cheaper per pound that I buy the 10 lb and transfer it to 2 lb spools as needed. It cuts the cost of welding by more than half.