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Posted by Dave Royal [75.81.245.234] on Friday, February 19, 2010 at 11:42:28 :
In Reply to: Welding helmets... posted by Jon Kelly [32.176.153.59] on Friday, February 19, 2010 at 09:47:01 :
Jon,I do weld for a living, I've been using a jackson hood for 12 yrs. or so and like it very much. it is adjustable for everything and is nice, but very heavy, when I go under my car or truck I reach for my wifes hood, (welder also) a speedglas, it's lighter and much,much easier to deal with under a truck or car. lying on your back working on a frame or bracket a heavy hood will be very hard to keep in position, it will slip and fall and in general be a pain. on the other hand a speedglas is light,doesn't fog as bad and is a good hood. my jackson takes two double a's and the wyfe's speedglas takes two funny looking little batteries about the size of a quarter, ALWAYS keep spares in your tool box!! go with the speedglas, for what we do it's the best out there. stay away from the chinese knock-offs, your eyes are too valuable to even take a million to one chance on messing up on some cheap lense. keep in mind that the chinese do not care in the least if they burn your eyes up. Dave.
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