I drove to a job site to do some iron work on Monday and got down there (80 miles from home) and discovered I had left my welding helmet at home. There was a HF there and I stopped in to see what they had. There autodarkening helmet was $49.99. I thought "piece of crap" but I needed something right away.
I pulled it out of the package and was pretty impressed that it had adjustable sensitivity and response switches, something my $140 autodark helmet from Praxair didn't have. It also has adjustable darkening from shade #9 to shade #13. Same fit adjustment knob as my old one. advertised on the box as 1/25000 second darkening time
I welded all day with it and I will be damned if that helmet didn't work as good or better than my $140 one. I wanted a second helmet to teach marni how to lay a bead, so this is a keeper.
FYI
SeanP
I pulled it out of the package and was pretty impressed that it had adjustable sensitivity and response switches, something my $140 autodark helmet from Praxair didn't have. It also has adjustable darkening from shade #9 to shade #13. Same fit adjustment knob as my old one. advertised on the box as 1/25000 second darkening time
I welded all day with it and I will be damned if that helmet didn't work as good or better than my $140 one. I wanted a second helmet to teach marni how to lay a bead, so this is a keeper.
FYI
SeanP