Looking to buy a new Mask...

[arther dailey]

You are welcome, hopefully you will be happy with yours, I like the fact that it is so comfortable to use partly due to light weight maybe. Arther

 

[Brad93]

Sealey arent worth £10. Chinese ebay special probably better. Second hand speedglas is your best bet.

 

[Swift&Bold]

Well my eBay cheapie arrived today, mightily impressed with it.

 

[Dantheweld]

Well I bought this yesterday:
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=151635765674&alt=web

Will let you know what it is like when I use it. Although I don't have much to compare to. My mate has a speedglas so I will try that at some point and let you know how it fairs.

 

[Swift&Bold]

I used mine today to set up the R-Tech, I am very, very pleased with it.
Shade 10 seems best for me, It's light, comfortable and pleasingly small with a decent head frame and plenty of adjustment for my pin sized head, the lock up is positive with just a nod to drop it down ready to work, the view is sharp and big enough to be good, the 100mm one of the Parweld would be even better though, not tried the grind shade yet nor any work that may obscure both the sensors so wait out on that.
CE mark is embossed on the inside of the mask and printed on the LCD unit, it has a test button, low battery warning, replaceable batteries as well as the usual sensitivity and delay adjustment and comes from a UK distributor if any problems develop within the warranty period.
Overall. for 20 quid it's a winner!

 

[ukracer]

Well i was looking at either a Speedglas or a Sealey.

I was only looking at speedglas because i know they are good, however very expensive. For the price of a second hand one, i can get a new Sealey.

What is the consensus here?

i will be using it to weld up the sills on my car. Maybe some other bits in the future.

Let me give you this bit of advice......get to use one before you buy it. I purchased one on the basis others were raving about them.

Admittedly I onl;y put it on to use quickly with no set up etc but its no better than my cheap one (which I also dont like) so try before you buy is my advice.

 

[Swift&Bold]

It's the identical scenario to motorcycle helmets, you can pay £500+ and read rave reviews for a Arai or Shoei with a 5 star SHARP rating but if it don't fit or you don't like it it's no good to you.

 

[Bill Edwards]

I used mine today to set up the R-Tech, I am very, very pleased with it.
Shade 10 seems best for me, It's light, comfortable and pleasingly small with a decent head frame and plenty of adjustment for my pin sized head, the lock up is positive with just a nod to drop it down ready to work, the view is sharp and big enough to be good, the 100mm one of the Parweld would be even better though, not tried the grind shade yet nor any work that may obscure both the sensors so wait out on that.
CE mark is embossed on the inside of the mask and printed on the LCD unit, it has a test button, low battery warning, replaceable batteries as well as the usual sensitivity and delay adjustment and comes from a UK distributor if any problems develop within the warranty period.
Overall. for 20 quid it's a winner!

That sounds very good.

 

[arther dailey]

I used mine today to set up the R-Tech, I am very, very pleased with it.
Shade 10 seems best for me, It's light, comfortable and pleasingly small with a decent head frame and plenty of adjustment for my pin sized head, the lock up is positive with just a nod to drop it down ready to work, the view is sharp and big enough to be good, the 100mm one of the Parweld would be even better though, not tried the grind shade yet nor any work that may obscure both the sensors so wait out on that.
CE mark is embossed on the inside of the mask and printed on the LCD unit, it has a test button, low battery warning, replaceable batteries as well as the usual sensitivity and delay adjustment and comes from a UK distributor if any problems develop within the warranty period.
Overall. for 20 quid it's a winner!

Glad you are pleased with it. If you are comfortable and it works properly great .a victory. Arther

 

[Bill Edwards]

Comfort is something you only really know about when you've been wearing it for any length of time. For some (maybe most?) hobby work this may never happen and is probably one of the main reasons cheap masks are ideal.

 

[Richard.]

It's very understated but the quality of the lens has a direct effect on the quality of what you put down on the metal.
I've had a number of guys come to see me for a little help with getting Tig welding refined and I insist they bring there mask. Often a cheap one that flashes away with a p** poor optical veiw. "Try this" I say and hand them one of mine. (Yes 3 times the price) but with no other pointers on the teqniques the welding suddenly becomes 3 times better.
If a man can't see he can't weld.
If he can see sort of he can weld sort of.
If he can see perfectly and follow his line perfectly then he's in a position to weld perfectly.
Save your cash, build it up and the results will show for it I promise you that.

 

[Swift&Bold]

Well I've been using the eBay helmet for a few weeks now and the only criticism of it is that when I weld inside wheel arches but view from outside, the sensors get obscured so I sometimes get flashed. The price you pay for only 2 sensors I guess.