Im in the market for one and im tryin to decide between a speedglass or optrel what do you guys prefer and use? This is goin to be for mainly tig welding also

 

i have a speedglass if i wasent to get that i woulda got a miller Eliete

 

SpeedGlas 9002X here and I will never get another hood.

 

I love my Optrel OSEvolution works very well! wide range of adjustability (6 to 13) you can adjust the sensibility also they are not cheap but I own one for 3 years now and I don't regret it at all! (sorry for my poor english)

 

I've got a miller elite and a cheap normal mask

 

i have an old battery powered speedglas pipeline helmet
i have a new automatic helmet that looks like the new speedglas helmets but has a lens speed that is twice that of speedglas.
i have a regular pipeline helmet.
and i have my AirLiquide confined space helmet.

 

Bought this one a long time ago. $50 bucks, if you are looking for one like this, harbor freight is has a 20% off coupon.







Say what you want, it works great.

 

i use the h-f 50 dollar mask, im sure ill be blind soon, but im too cheap to upgrade, because i lik ehow it works.

expletive safety

 

Man! I'm seriously the oddball on Honda Tech. I use a Jackson Nexgen.
Shade adjustable (9-14), delay adjustable, there's also grinding and torch modes which I've pretty much never used. its pretty comfortable, light, everything's adjustable. The big window isn't that big a deal, but I guess its not a bad thing to have.
I love it, works great.

So everyone here welds with miller machines, miller or speedglass helmets...I had to go out to my lincoln/jackson stuff, and check the badge on my car to make sure I didn't belong at hyundai tech or something

 

Niles, I'm with you in liking Big Red! ... but Big Blue is a good machine also... so you have at least one other friend on the board... but it may be our closeness to the Big Red Factory

 

speedglass all the way by far the best helmet out there fitment wise and also quality
best money spent and well worth it to invest into something that will last and prevent you from ruining your eye site down the road

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Niles &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Man! I'm seriously the oddball on Honda Tech. I use a Jackson Nexgen.
Shade adjustable (9-14), delay adjustable, there's also grinding and torch modes which I've pretty much never used. its pretty comfortable, light, everything's adjustable. The big window isn't that big a deal, but I guess its not a bad thing to have.
I love it, works great.

So everyone here welds with miller machines, miller or speedglass helmets...I had to go out to my lincoln/jackson stuff, and check the badge on my car to make sure I didn't belong at hyundai tech or something </TD></TR></TABLE>

Thats a great helmet, i've used one before and i loved it. I use a miller auto tint. does the job.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 90blackcrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Bought this one a long time ago. $50 bucks, if you are looking for one like this, harbor freight is has a 20% off coupon.







Say what you want, it works great.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah that is the same one i have lol but i tend to weld with no mask unless its going to be a long weld


does any one know if they make auto tinting googles??

i have seen welding goggles but not auto tinting

 

I just use a flipdown 12 share lincoln full face. Serves me well, and also used for sandblasting sometimes to keep crap out of my eyes.

 

i got a xlux classic at home and a lincoelectric at work...

 

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So you do use goggles right ?

 

not for small tacs and **** like that i know its dumb but i got used to it at catapiller when welding a builidng that is 120 F it sucks especialy when you have a mask on so just got used to doing tacs and small welds with out wearing a mask (and yes i did pass all my weld tests like that)

 

 

i have this one

 

gotta use jackson.. nothing else compares

 

Speedglas....at home, and at work. I will never switch to anything else.

 

I picked this guy up about 2 months ago and couldn't be happier.


I was using the $50 harbor freight helmet before, although the comfort is not the best and you couldn't change the sensitivity on it. I would be working at home under bright fluorescents and the glass would be shaded already. Also, their #9 lightest setting is darker than the Miller model, which makes a big difference for me.

 

I made mine out of .040 magnesium

 

damn...i made mine out of a $20 bill, PLASTIC

jackson shadow...heres a pic




Modified by turbotommy at 9:22 AM 12/6/2005

 

i retract my previous statement.

just picked this up today, miller big window elite mask.

solid at 280 bucks, im a fan of not going blind, and i fell in love with the huge window