Hey, you welding gurus, is this a good helmet?

Cope said

I fully agree. A cheep hood is a cheep hood.

My hood was not cheep and I've been through a few not cheep hoods.

When you weld it, if you cant see good, you cant weld good.

For someone who doesn't weld much I think the Eastwood hood is fine. Hell even the harbor freight one is ok.

Just my .02 as someone who burns a fair amount of wire.

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You have to pay attention to the switching rates. For the most part, the cheaper the helmet, the slower the switching rate.

I will say, that Eastwood helmet advertises a switching rate of 1/25000 of a second, which is better than the Miller Classic series which costs the same. Obviously there are other considerations, but that's a good start. The number of light sensors is another big factor, the more they have the more accurate the switching will be.