do I need to spend more than this? Is a hundred dollar helmet significantly better than this?
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Wel-Bilt Auto-Darkening Welding Helmet | Welding Helmets| Northern Tool + Equipment
Yes, the Wel-Bilt Auto-Darkening Welding Helmet does meet ANSI Z87.1-2003 standards.
We do not have a "cheater lens available for the Wel-Bilt Welding Helmet. ???????
Northern Industrial Welders Large View Auto-Darkening Welding Helmet | Welding Helmets| Northern Tool + Equipment
something tells me wide screen is better...do most welders get a large screen helmet sooner or later?
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Ive used the helmet in your first link a couple times before albeit the Princess Auto version. My buddy had one. I got flashed every time. Not the traditional flash either because I didnt notice it, but ended up with that old Sand in the eyes feeling!!! There is something about them that gets me. Not sure what. Darkening time too slow (regardless of what the published specs say they do)? Not sure. But enough to make me not trust those chinese helmets anymore
Currently I have a Miller Big Window Elite. Love it. Although realistically I only use it as an AD 20% of the time. The rest of the time I use it like an old school fixed lens and just nod to flip the lens down. If you arent out of position, like laying on your back, a old school helmet with GOOD headgear might be a better purchase.
On the Tombstone or Thunderbolt ACDC units... they are absolutely (yeah, there is probably a single one out there that isnt
) bulletproof. Ive been in many barns where there are old thunderbolts probably 30 years old, in unconditioned, dirt floor barns that just keep going and going.
And, lets say for a minute that one did die, they are really simple inside. They are very common, lots of parts availability. And any local welding supply can service them if you have to go that route. No shipping. No unservicable chinese PC boards.
Why do they come up for sale? Just like anything, people get tired of looking at it if they arent using it. Estate sales and the like.
Easy to test, just bring a couple rods incase they're arent any there and have at it. If the seller wont let you try it, Id pass.
EDIT: I see you got the everlast. Good luck with your purchase !