[TheForge] Cheap Autodarkening Welding Helmet.

[A. Vida]

xlch58@swbell.net wrote:
> 
> I just noticed that Harbor Freight has a couple of their autodarkening
> hemets on clearance pretty cheap:
> 
> Autodarkening Welding Helmet for $49
> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=47899
> 

	This I find most curious.  Of all the tools I might ever choose
	to save money on, this is perhaps one of the few on which I
	would never go cheap-0.  Having reached that point in life 
	where my eyesight isn't what it used to be, the thought of
	saving a few $$ on such an item as this seems all the more
	foolhardy.  I'm not trying to insult anyone here, but just
	pointing out that eyesight is, at least for me, a precious
	thing and if the best helmet cost me $1000, I would pay it
	in a heartbeat if I felt it better preserved my vision.

	Some things are NOT worth saving a dollar on.  Not to me,
	anyway.

	Regards,

	=-Andy