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[lsVTECcrx]

Ok im in the market for a new welding hood...i want an auto darkening and prefer one with a large viewing lens...i curently have this http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Health/Safety/Products/Catalog/?PC_7_RJH9U5230GE3E02LES9MG812H2_nid=ZB9MG50B79gsQQFFG1G8R7glLN2W91FWQNbl
its ok...for what i paid for it (30 bucks) but i want better...i have also used the miller elite digital(loved it but pricey) and the harbor frieght ones (junk)
so i would like your opinions of what you have used still use and how you like them and for your help i shall reward you with PORN!!!

[lsVTECcrx]

i apologize for the small porn size but the site only allows me to link the thumbnail

[dvst8r]

I have an Optrel Satellite and a Miller Elite digital. The Satellite is a better fab hood, and the digital is a better welding hood, especially for low amp or chassis work with tig, or anywhere that may have something between you and the weld. I have used speedglass hoods as well, but never owned one, they are a good product as well.

[lsVTECcrx]

yea i do alot of fab...im a sheet metal fabricator...but i am going to do more tig and arc welding soon so trying to cover all my bases

[dvst8r]

The satellite holds up a lot better to being worn well grinding, and being tossed around. It is more like a hammer, vs the Elite digital which is more like a dial indicator.

[lsVTECcrx]

haha nice comparasion man...for your help...MORE PORN!!

[2slow]

Ha this noob really knows how to ask questions

[Hotrodlincoln]

I have the jackson auto dark, with torch and grind settings. Its a decent all around hood with a mid to large size window.

[lsVTECcrx]

i was wondering about that one...heres your reward for your input









I FOUND OUT HOW TO MAKE EM FULLSIZE...FTW!!!
DOES ANY ONE KNOW ABOUT LINCON ELECTRIC HOODS...MAYBE SOME OTHER BRANDS COME ON GUYS I GOT MORE PRONZ TO SHARE!!

[civiceggturbo]

speedglas 100's are pretty cheap and work great for just about everything
its what I use at work and the only time I have seen the bright light is when you are welding overtop of something at a really bad angle or forget to turn it on

[jay]

everyone talked shit about the cheap harbor frieght ones i got it and i dont mind it at all..

(blue flame)

problem is i sweat alot and the wimpy sweatband cant hold shit then it bothers me so i upgraded the sweat band with some cloth and its been good to me ever since

id love to install some 9v fans into it rofl

[dvst8r]

Cheap helmets give me eye fatigue, they just switch too slow.

[runsfromdacops]

i like my speedglas. but i have to admit that the miller better welding hood.
shit even the HF hoods arnt that bad any more.

[turbob16hatch]

Cheap helmets give me eye fatigue, they just switch too slow.

personally if i couldn't afford a good auto dark i would rock a cheap non auto hood. Hell you can get a jackson for cheap and later buy just the auto dark lens. and install that in the hood. I did that before i bought my speedglas. worked for a while too.

[dvst8r]

I keep an old fiberglass pipe liner, around for a few reasons:

-Overhead, it does a much better job of keeping you from getting burnt
-For when niggers are around and want to watch someone weld. (for the life of me I can never figure this out it is like watching paint dry)
-To remind me of where I came from, and where I am trying too keep from returning too.
-If on some chance both the auto dark helmets batteries go dead at the same time, I still have something to use.

- As a substitute mallet. 

[Passenger]

I keep an old fiberglass pipe liner, around for a few reasons:

-Overhead, it does a much better job of keeping you from getting burnt
-For when niggers are around and want to watch someone weld. (for the life of me I can never figure this out it is like watching paint dry)
-To remind me of where I came from, and where I am trying too keep from returning too.
-If on some chance both the auto dark helmets batteries go dead at the same time, I still have something to use.

- As a substitute mallet. 

This, except my version of the old pipeliner is a non digital miller elite

[dvst8r]

I keep an old fiberglass pipe liner, around for a few reasons:

-Overhead, it does a much better job of keeping you from getting burnt
-For when niggers are around and want to watch someone weld. (for the life of me I can never figure this out it is like watching paint dry)
-To remind me of where I came from, and where I am trying too keep from returning too.
-If on some chance both the auto dark helmets batteries go dead at the same time, I still have something to use.

- As a substitute mallet. 

This, except my version of the old pipeliner is a non digital miller elite

LOL, can't see the mallet part working too well the millers are pretty soft. 

[Passenger]

I keep an old fiberglass pipe liner, around for a few reasons:

-Overhead, it does a much better job of keeping you from getting burnt
-For when niggers are around and want to watch someone weld. (for the life of me I can never figure this out it is like watching paint dry)
-To remind me of where I came from, and where I am trying too keep from returning too.
-If on some chance both the auto dark helmets batteries go dead at the same time, I still have something to use.

- As a substitute mallet. 

This, except my version of the old pipeliner is a non digital miller elite

LOL, can't see the mallet part working too well the millers are pretty soft. 

You can still hit your stupid friends with it, works for me