welding hood

moto261 · Oct 12, 2006

what one do you use?
how much welding do you do with it?
have you ever tryed any other hood other then the one you use?

NotMatt · Oct 13, 2006

http://store.cyberweld.com/speeduthel.html

I like it... it works well and is comfortable to wear for long periods... the auto-darken feature works well. I'll never go back to a standard hood without auto-darken. I have the feeling if I had a more expensive/nice one I would be spoiled, but as it is I'm pretty happy with this one.

chevyxj · Oct 13, 2006

I use the Jackson next gen. Its an aswome hood but kinda pricy, about $350. A few others I have worn that are pretty good are a miller, and also an obtrel.

War-Jeeper · Oct 13, 2006

http://store.cyberweld.com/speedglas9000v.html

Ive got that one and man is it sick! You can adjust what darkness it goes to and the sensitivty, it so fast i dont even notice when it changes! Worth the money i think

moto261 · Oct 13, 2006

its kinda funny i have 2 of thease http://store.cyberweld.com/speedglas9000x.html

and 2 of thease http://www.airgas.com/browse/product.aspx?Msg=RecID&recIds=107749&WT.svl=107749

when i worked at the welding shop i used speed glass and after (doing hand railing) and getting flashed i started using the other and now i dont even like using the speed glass anymore

MarcW · Oct 13, 2006

i wear a speedglass 10 hours a day, used my Arc one Vision autodark for a couple years for school, like 6 hours a day. i prefer the Arc one, but the speedglass was free, and works pretty dam good. the arc one has a HUGE viewing window, like 4" x 5", the speedglass is like 2.5 x 5

boxboy · Oct 13, 2006

I have a speedglas, it is OK but it feels really cheap, I don't think it will last long...

I also have a really old one that looks like this pic, I have used since 1992 it has help up great but is starting to show it's age...

Bunk1 · Oct 13, 2006

I got a 9002x, i use it about 6 hours a week. Works fine for me.

TB-F · Oct 13, 2006

I have a Speedglass 9000v that I bought 7 years ago. The batterys are good for 2000 hrs and I have changed them three times since I got it. I typicaly use it for about 20 hrs a week, used to be more but now I do more layout than welding. The only thing I dont like about it is when I'm tig welding in a screwed up position I will sometimes cover the sensors by bringing my torch hand and my filler rod hand togeather and flash myself. I will never buy another brand of hood because this one has been so good to me, I will cry like a little girl if it ever gets destroyed.

CrustyJeep · Oct 13, 2006

Central (and who knows who else) is selling an auto-dark lense that you snap into any standard big window hood, for like $120 ish. It's fully adjustable, 9-13 I think, shade 3 off, plus delay and sensitivity controls I believe. Seems to have all the features.

Anybody have one of these? Comments?

boxboy · Oct 13, 2006

Yep they work great, but I have melted some of the cheaper ones. Just make sure you keep a clear lense in front of it.

crfmxr · Oct 14, 2006

Miller Elite at home and work, spendy but worth it in my opinion. Before that I used a speedglass and a cheap atd hood.

welder_nick · Oct 16, 2006

i go for the old fix shade(shade 9 for tig)
got another one today from praxair, for $30
use all day and it will never fail unless my neck fails

CrustyJeep · Oct 17, 2006

welder_nick said:
i go for the old fix shade...use all day and it will never fail unless my neck fails

True true, but try cramming your head up between the frame and engine block... Sometimes there's just no room to flip your hood down, and an auto dark is SSOOOOOO nice

welder_nick · Oct 17, 2006

yah, i mostly work off of a table

Trailtoy1993 · Oct 17, 2006

Got a top o the line speedglas (whatever # it is) and a Huntsman (old 4x4 or something like that) in the auto-dark persuasion and a hand held and fixed shade big window. Speedglas good but the suspension sucks ass, pulls out my hair and flip up/down loosens on its own, Huntsman suspension good but as it has gotten older it doesn't like to be cold and flashes every now and again when cold or batteries going down, and has a few dark spots in it (speedglas has the solar panal on it for self charge). Handhelds are useful for those spots you just can't fit your hood into. And fixed shade is for observers!

crash2 · Oct 17, 2006

moto261 said:
what one do you use?
how much welding do you do with it?
have you ever tryed any other hood other then the one you use?

Old school flip down

ALOT!!!!!

Yes--still have my old school hood

bfe-offroad · Oct 17, 2006

I bought a $69.00 autotint hood from Harbor Freight...works great for the half dozen times I use it in a month...plus Im super cheap

sucmah · Oct 17, 2006

i got this one and i like it, doesnt need batteries, and has pushbutton grind/torch mode more buttons and knobs i dont use, but i think it has the best fit adjustments around . http://www.airgas.com/browse/product.aspx?Msg=RecID&recIds=157295&WT.svl=157295

no excuses · Oct 17, 2006

http://www.optrel.com/index2.htm

I run a optrel satilite OSE at home and shool an dlove it, realy like the grind/torch feature. Only thing I do not like is its to dark when not welding, 10-12 hrs a week. I run a Hobart at work and it works pretty good, like how light it stays when not welding, makes it easier to see before u weld,10-20 hrs wk.