[TheForge] Anyone own one of these? Opinions?

[Michael Horgan]

At 03:29 PM 1/7/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>I am sold on getting a auto darkening
>helmet. I am just caught on the price
>/quality issue. I am wondering if it is
>one of these technology driven price
>decreases like computers.
>
>I know that right now I can buy a
>computer several times better than the
>one that I am using for about 1/4 the
>price that I paid.
>
>Just about the time that I have myself
>talked into one of the pricey ones I get
>the HF sale email and I start to wonder.
>
>Mike

I had one of these from harbor freight. Infinitely better than my old flip 
up helmet. That said I replaced it for two reasons.  The new one doesn't 
need batteries, and it's faster than the old one.  After several hours 
welding with the cheapy from Harbor Freight I'd get a bit of a headache 
from the bit of flash that got through before it darkened.  On the third 
hand... the specs on the one you posted are much better than the one I 
originally had bought from them.  At the price, it could help.


Michael D. Horgan , lughaid@earthlink.net
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