[TheForge] Cheap Autodarkening Welding Helmet.

Tue Aug 12 12:24:00 2003

But why do you think a cheap helmet is a risk to your eyes?

Distinguish between visible-light, which only dazzles and leaves an
after image, and UV which burns and destroys the eyes.  Most glass and
many plastics stop virtually all the UV.  Does anyone have any reason to
believe these cheap helmets do not?

Bruce
NJ

>>> [email protected] 08/09/03 12:36PM >>>

[email protected] 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
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