View Poll Results: Welding Hood Selection
Real Men Snap Em' Down!
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I Use and Love Auto-Dark Hoods!
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Auto-Dark Hoods
06-28-2009, 10:52 AM
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Auto-Dark Hoods What's Your Opinion On These Hoods?
Personally, I have one for work with a Flip up/down Visor with a clear plate behind it. They made it that way so you don't have to take the hood off, which is nice is you're really trying to burn through a lot of work and not slack off.
Of course there's always a better feeling about getting in just the right spot and snapping a traditional hood down. It just feels better...for a few hours until your neck starts talking to you.
Which hoods do you guys use?
Personally, I have one for work with a Flip up/down Visor with a clear plate behind it. They made it that way so you don't have to take the hood off, which is nice is you're really trying to burn through a lot of work and not slack off.
Of course there's always a better feeling about getting in just the right spot and snapping a traditional hood down. It just feels better...for a few hours until your neck starts talking to you.
Which hoods do you guys use?
06-28-2009, 02:54 PM
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I have a Miller Elite , it's super adjustable and made well.
It has the largest view area I could justify spending the money on , it's tunable enough that whatever type welding your doing you can get speed,shade and sensitivity just right.
I had a HF auto before this and it sucked... Yeah my Miller cost x5 but it was money well spent. The HF was slow reacting and took it's toll on your eyes if you where doing a bunch of tacking or aluminium work.
Jeff
It has the largest view area I could justify spending the money on , it's tunable enough that whatever type welding your doing you can get speed,shade and sensitivity just right.
I had a HF auto before this and it sucked... Yeah my Miller cost x5 but it was money well spent. The HF was slow reacting and took it's toll on your eyes if you where doing a bunch of tacking or aluminium work.
Jeff
06-28-2009, 11:56 PM
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I usually use a HF auto-dark. I can work with a standard hood or the flip down lens hood, but I get much better welds with the auto-darken. I usually end up welding sheet metal, and usually the ambient light sux so it is hard to see where to start the weld with a standard or flip helmet.
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07-06-2009, 12:41 AM
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A didn't really see the need for one of these..... UNTIL I USED ONE...
man are they nice, especially in tight areas where you have to stop, reposition your hands, start, repeat..... it is much easier to match up where you are starting to make the welds look contiguous.
A friend of mine owns a welding supply company and he said that these lenses are definitely one of those things where you get what you pay for. The cheap ones apparently wear out really fast... and I don't know about you... but my eyes are more important to me than saving a few bucks!
man are they nice, especially in tight areas where you have to stop, reposition your hands, start, repeat..... it is much easier to match up where you are starting to make the welds look contiguous.
A friend of mine owns a welding supply company and he said that these lenses are definitely one of those things where you get what you pay for. The cheap ones apparently wear out really fast... and I don't know about you... but my eyes are more important to me than saving a few bucks!
07-23-2009, 04:54 PM
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I like an auto but have been having trouble with my HF one
being too sensitive - the flicker of my work lighting sets it
dark if I look at the wrong angle, etc. I have to position the
lights and my head just right if I want to see. It responds
fine to the real arc, just too sensitive to the lighting. No
sensitivity adjust, just shade adjust.
being too sensitive - the flicker of my work lighting sets it
dark if I look at the wrong angle, etc. I have to position the
lights and my head just right if I want to see. It responds
fine to the real arc, just too sensitive to the lighting. No
sensitivity adjust, just shade adjust.
07-23-2009, 06:29 PM
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northern tool sells one for $50 auto dark and shade adjustment, it has a 2 position switch for sensitivity and another for delay +a *** on the side for shade. It works great. Ive used a Jackson auto and a snapon auto dark in the past.
the 50dollar one doesnt have as much to adjust like the high dollar ones but its enough to get it done and gets it done well.
the 50dollar one doesnt have as much to adjust like the high dollar ones but its enough to get it done and gets it done well.
07-25-2009, 09:21 PM
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Spend the money and get a good one! What are your eyes worth with a cheap one? I use the Miller large lens auto darkening. It's worth it's weight in gold. or at least to my eyes it is.
