Thanks for the heads up , I’ll give that a go , I’ve already got the delay set to max , as minimum was dropping to fast and giving me a unwanted flash . I’ll have play with the senstitivity in the morning and see how it goes , as welding at the bench meant I had to drop the shutter . Cheers for thatGood to hear
It popped up on my amazon again today, showing as £43 plus voucher makes it £34.40 at the moment.
Try adjusting the delay?
I always have mine set sensitivity and delay at maximum, it works for me, no annoyances that way and saves having to mess about with settings.
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I did move my phone into my pocket , as I normaly prop it in the window so as not to fill it with grinding dust , and admittedly it has made it better , but it only happens when in the afternoon when the sun is beaming through the window . It’s not all the time , just when I am / the visor is at a particular angle .
I gave up trying to use it outside as it just flashed the daylight out of me .
I am not to worried as for my £40 I am still happy and accept it is not a £400 mask .
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Mine works perfectly outside in the sun, I do everything outside. May be a bad /over sensitive one and worth getting a replacement?
@Onoff Side windows are a proper welding shade with IR and UV filters, cant remember what number, 8 or 9? a bit light but its not going to hurt you. Ive done some beads looking at it through the side.
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Ta. Is that a guess ref the side window shade? Couldn't find anything online. Maybe it's in the manual? Is there a manual, didn't notice?
I note it's True Colour. Pretty amazing given the price.
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Two purchased. If I have C19 symptoms for much longer I'll be bankrupt!
My two daughters want to learn how to weld, stick, MIG and TIG, and I could do with a spare in case my posh Lincoln fails. £36.54 each seems a steal for True Colour.
If they don't keep it up then I'll flog one, but I have a feeling they may personalise them somewhat, so not sure what they will be like afterwards........
Teaching them should be fun, I will need to up my game, and possibly invite somebody else around who really knows there stuff. Depends if they just want to stop at glueing a couple of bits of steel together.....
My two daughters want to learn how to weld, stick, MIG and TIG, and I could do with a spare in case my posh Lincoln fails. £36.54 each seems a steal for True Colour.
If they don't keep it up then I'll flog one, but I have a feeling they may personalise them somewhat, so not sure what they will be like afterwards........
Teaching them should be fun, I will need to up my game, and possibly invite somebody else around who really knows there stuff. Depends if they just want to stop at glueing a couple of bits of steel together.....
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Ta. Is that a guess ref the side window shade? Couldn't find anything online. Maybe it's in the manual? Is there a manual, didn't notice?
I note it's True Colour. Pretty amazing given the price.
I couldnt remember but I'm sure I read the side window shade in the listing or somewhere, probably should be stamped on the lenses. I'll have a look tomorrow when I stick a few parts.
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Used the Ginour mask in anger today. Just to stick an angle X brace together with the little Aldi inverter stick. I'm narrowing a set of shelves I made years back by 100mm so as I can get a cupboard in next to them. Ground and painted to hide the embarrassment but it's not going anywhere!
Only pita is switching between grind & weld. The switch is up inside the mask and with gloved hands you knock the other controls. Then I forgot to switch back to weld after tacking it and got a good flash!
Only pita is switching between grind & weld. The switch is up inside the mask and with gloved hands you knock the other controls. Then I forgot to switch back to weld after tacking it and got a good flash!
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Amazon had it on a lightening deal a couple of days ago for £36.54, so couldn't resist. The head strap does seem a bit weak, but the visibility is great. Tried it briefly today with the stick welder and certainly makes it a good bit clearer seeing what you are actually doing compared to my earlier non true colour mask. When you are not an expert, every little help makes it a bit easier!
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As aforementioned on the "fixed today" thread I used the mask in anger yesterday on the swinging love seat repair. I thought I was in the shade afforded by the seats canopy. No amount of adjustment of sensitivity, delay etc could make it stop "flashing" as in screen clear / screen dark. Vomit, fit inducing!
Bloody annoying. The IFL mask was tbh no better.
Only worked when I used my body to shield the work.
Probably be fine in a garage setting.
Bloody annoying. The IFL mask was tbh no better.
Only worked when I used my body to shield the work.
Probably be fine in a garage setting.
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Used the Ginour mask in anger today. Just to stick an angle X brace together with the little Aldi inverter stick. I'm narrowing a set of shelves I made years back by 100mm so as I can get a cupboard in next to them. Ground and painted to hide the embarrassment but it's not going anywhere!
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Only pita is switching between grind & weld. The switch is up inside the mask and with gloved hands you knock the other controls. Then I forgot to switch back to weld after tacking it and got a good flash!
You got dazzled not a flash
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You got dazzled not a flash
OK so why couldn't I adjust the mask to stop it?
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Probably because the sun was so bright.
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Don't know but there's enough screen to stop the UV damage that causes flash. If it's sunlight causing the triggering you need to get it under cover.
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That's the thing, I was under the shade of the awning as in in shadow.
Im still getting the flashing , tried changing the settings , less shade , more shade , less sensitive , more sensitive . No difference , just harder to see or brighter when welding .
It doesn’t seem to matter if the sun is infront of me or behind me , I just spend too much time trying to move around until it stops flashing . Shame as it doesn’t seem to matter what you do , it persists .
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