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Lincoln Viking 3350 review
After a few days of wearing the Viking, I figured I would spread the love a little bit with one of the welders at work and get his feedback. I got his feedback today.
“It’s a badass hood with badass headgear and a badass view”- Chad Tycer.
Now, I’ll elaborate on that a little. The first thing I noticed when I pulled it out of the box was how much stuff was still in the box. It comes with a bunch of stuff- a nice bag to keep it in, a Foose bandana, owner’s manual, sheet of stickers (only the black one), and my favorite, 5 extra clears (4.5”x5.25”). At first glance, the
headgear was a little overwhelming; it’s got two top straps and the back ¼ of it is on a swivel. I got over that in the 3 minutes it took me to get it adjusted. I read a lot of reviews that talk about how a hood should “disappear” when you put it on and I think that’s a great way to describe this hood. It is a little heavy at 20oz, but the headgear more than makes up for it. It’s also got a hard stop for the rotation so you can keep it away from your face leaving plenty of room for a dust mask or medium duty respirator.
The 3.74”x3.44” lens is all it’s advertised to be in both the light and dark states. The light state is a shade 3.5 with no color tint at all and the dark ranges from 6-13, plus a grind mode. The clarity of the lens is excellent not only at the puddle, but across the entire joint. Yes, you can see the entire joint. No light or dark spots depending on where you’re looking through it at, it is perfectly consistent from corner to corner. Much more impressive to me though is how much color you can see. It’s like welding hoods just went from green and black to color. It’s like looking out a tinted window when you’ve spent your whole life looking through a dark green piece of glass. If you still can’t see what you’re welding, don’t worry because Lincoln decided to put clips inside to accept standard cheater lenses or bifocals. I don’t use them but for the $3 it costs to put those clips in the mold, I’m not real sure why everyone doesn’t do it. The sensitivity and delay are both adjustable on ranges from nothing to more that you would ever need. A two amp arc will set if off with the sensitivity turned all the way up.
They make ten different paint schemes from gloss black to camo to tribal. I have been pretty careful with mine, red with black stripes, but the only negative reviews I could find were people saying the paint scratches off pretty easy so if you want to take it in the field, maybe get the black and sticker it up.
In summary,this is the best hood I have ever worn. It’s extremely comfortable, and optics are next level. The bifocal slot and hard hat headgear really open up the market for the hood not only on an individual level but also on an industry level. In my opinion, this is a $400 hood all day long.....only it’s not. They list on Lincoln’s website for either $289 or $312 depending on how fancy you like your paint job and 5 minutes on Google will knock it down to $239 making it one of, if not the best, hoods on the market today.
-Lucas@ratemyweld
Lincoln Viking 3350 review
After a few days of wearing the Viking, I figured I would spread the love a little bit with one of the welders at work and get his feedback. I got his feedback today.
“It’s a badass hood with badass headgear and a badass view”- Chad Tycer.
Now, I’ll elaborate on that a little. The first thing I noticed when I pulled it out of the box was how much stuff was still in the box. It comes with a bunch of stuff- a nice bag to keep it in, a Foose bandana, owner’s manual, sheet of stickers (only the black one), and my favorite, 5 extra clears (4.5”x5.25”). At first glance, the
headgear was a little overwhelming; it’s got two top straps and the back ¼ of it is on a swivel. I got over that in the 3 minutes it took me to get it adjusted. I read a lot of reviews that talk about how a hood should “disappear” when you put it on and I think that’s a great way to describe this hood. It is a little heavy at 20oz, but the headgear more than makes up for it. It’s also got a hard stop for the rotation so you can keep it away from your face leaving plenty of room for a dust mask or medium duty respirator.
The 3.74”x3.44” lens is all it’s advertised to be in both the light and dark states. The light state is a shade 3.5 with no color tint at all and the dark ranges from 6-13, plus a grind mode. The clarity of the lens is excellent not only at the puddle, but across the entire joint. Yes, you can see the entire joint. No light or dark spots depending on where you’re looking through it at, it is perfectly consistent from corner to corner. Much more impressive to me though is how much color you can see. It’s like welding hoods just went from green and black to color. It’s like looking out a tinted window when you’ve spent your whole life looking through a dark green piece of glass. If you still can’t see what you’re welding, don’t worry because Lincoln decided to put clips inside to accept standard cheater lenses or bifocals. I don’t use them but for the $3 it costs to put those clips in the mold, I’m not real sure why everyone doesn’t do it. The sensitivity and delay are both adjustable on ranges from nothing to more that you would ever need. A two amp arc will set if off with the sensitivity turned all the way up.
They make ten different paint schemes from gloss black to camo to tribal. I have been pretty careful with mine, red with black stripes, but the only negative reviews I could find were people saying the paint scratches off pretty easy so if you want to take it in the field, maybe get the black and sticker it up.
In summary,this is the best hood I have ever worn. It’s extremely comfortable, and optics are next level. The bifocal slot and hard hat headgear really open up the market for the hood not only on an individual level but also on an industry level. In my opinion, this is a $400 hood all day long.....only it’s not. They list on Lincoln’s website for either $289 or $312 depending on how fancy you like your paint job and 5 minutes on Google will knock it down to $239 making it one of, if not the best, hoods on the market today.
-Lucas@ratemyweld
