S/S Mig wire, .035

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I am in South Jersey and I have used a bunch of different brands of s/s welding wire. My main supplier sells National Standard in 10# spools for the miller passport. Well, it never wants to run smooth, it is very picky, and I can not get it in 035, 030 only which makes it suck more. I was using Star Alloys from my customer since they wanted it used up. That runs sweet on the passport, but it is not really available. I can choose many different brands is using 33# + on the invision 352 mpa. So I am wondering what wire everyone else runs and maybe I can get a better in stock wire. I normally run about 2 - 10# spools a week in the field.  I know there are many different options around. Inweld, Weldco, National Standard, Harris are what is "stocked" in 10# spools and available at my 5 different suppliers.Edit: Mostly 308 and 316
Reply:In South Jersey you should have plenty of options. BR Welding Supply and J A Cunningham in PA come to mind.For "smoothness" you might try 3xxLSi wire, which has added Silicon which improves wetting and fusion at the toes. The last roll I got I believe was Weldcote and it ran well. Also have had good results with Lincoln Blue Max 309LSi, which is the alloy I use the most in stainless.If you can't find what you need locally, try www.weldingsupply.com. Great selection and prices, not-so-great customer service. JohnA few weldersA lot of hammersA whole lot of C-clamps