Optrel 650 lid

[Triggerhappy78]

Greetings all,first post

Anyone know if the Optrel 650 has a true colour filter like the higher spec lids in that range ? cheers

 

[Sparkey]

Hiya!
Hope this link will get you any further, just check out the sales flyer pdf...

Looks like the 650 has not as much options as the higher spec masks....

 

[Triggerhappy78]

Cheers sparkey!

Dont want fancy bells and whistles like auto shade select but true colour lenses sound the nuts,looks like 650 just green LCD,need replacement for my venerable 9002D,will get down to a stockist and have a butchers
cheers again mate

 

[Sparkey]

What an idiot i am!!! I reply to you about a link............and i forget to put it in the message...!!! Sorry mate!
http://www.optrel.ch/us/index.php?site=expert&product=e650
Here it is! must be the welding fumes...

 

[Triggerhappy78]

Did wonder!

Checked it out, only mentions true colour on 670/80,so bells and whistles it is then! suppose auto shade would be handy but dont TIG so shade range on the 680 a bit surplus.

Thanks again Sparkey

 

[Sparkey]

No probs!
What happened with the Speedglas?

 

[Triggerhappy78]

Still functional

Works fine, if a bit tatty. Need something rated for overhead and optrel seems to be the only auto shield that is. Suppose i could have got a long shell noddy like a murex/boc and put a Jackson in it, would be cheaper, but they only do a suitable unit in single shade, would be a bit heavy too, had a boc fibreglass noddy when i first started out and remember thinking what a crusader must have felt like! Recently got my 287/ASME and trying to get into heavy production work, only area there seems to be a reasonable wage with things as they are at the moment, unless you're a pipey!

 

[Sparkey]

Yeah, it sucks when the bucket's too heavy! I'm trying to get used at my new speedglass adflo at the mo....boss decided to buy the ones with flip up screen...Awesome helmets but sjeese they're heavy! After a day's welding i can't barely hold my head up anymore!

Wages, aww don't make me think about that! I'm a MIG production welder...my paycheck makes me wanna cry!

 

[Triggerhappy78]

Works work i suppose, like the leather belt and air unit on the adflo, mate of mine had one off flea bay. worked at a firm about 10 years ago that supplied the old type with the U shaped battery, that was a lump, and a lovely melt friendly nylon belt ! great in the summer, not so nice when fellow welders sneak into your bay and drop one behind you, or you have a forgetfull moment about last nights curry and six pints

 

[Sparkey]

not so nice when fellow welders sneak into your bay and drop one behind you, or you have a forgetfull moment about last nights curry and six pints

Yeah.....i looooove baked beans with onions but you'll suffer the next day!
The unit filters the air but unfortunately that doesn't take away the smell!

 

[Triggerhappy78]

Yeah, not sure if those are memories or scars! Good kit, expensive off the shelf though, last place i was at supplied a cheapy starparts lid, tried one off one of the permanent fellas (i'm agency at the mo ) bit flimsy but was surprised at the lens clarity. Cant beat a speedglass for clarity though.

 

[Sparkey]

Yeah, not sure if those are memories or scars! Good kit, expensive off the shelf though, last place i was at supplied a cheapy starparts lid, tried one off one of the permanent fellas (i'm agency at the mo ) bit flimsy but was surprised at the lens clarity. Cant beat a speedglass for clarity though.

Ah very true!
I'm curious how you get on with the Optrell mind, we had the Sattelites at our plant (before we had the speedglass) and i honestly coulden't see anything with them! Lol! Aim and Fire!