YESWELDERAuto Darkening Welding Helmet with Fan and Light, True Color 4 Arc Sensor for TIG MIG ARC Weld Hood Helmet

I just recently purchased a plasma cutter, and I wanted a new welding helmet that was multifuction. This one fits the bill. It has a larger view than the welding helmet I currently use. Its also more clear, I don't know how it compares to other "true color" helmets, but it is a good improvement over my regular "green" auto darkening helmet.The batteries are easily accessible for replacement when/if needed. My other helmet you had to take apart the entire electronics portion in order to access the batteries. I've had that helmet for 10 years, and a few years ago the batteries did die and the helmet stopped working. I modified it so I could replace the batteries easier, and have had to replace them once again since that time. But it is really nice that this helmet is already setup for easy battery replacement if its ever needed.It also comes with some extra lenses. I was actually on here looking to buy some additional lenses as I hate it when the viewing window begins to get scratched up decently. So I probably change lenses more often (as far as "viewability" wise) than some other people. But I also just use this in my home shop a weekly to semi-daily basis, so its not that often time wise. I do keep my helmet covered when not in use.I liked the idea behind the bag cover... but the design of the that comes with this was not really thought out. I don't know what they were thinking, but the draw strings make no sense. There are two sets of draw strings, that go down through two additional eyelets at the bottom corners, and then back up to the top... No matter how you draw it up, it just doesn't really work. Plus there is no way to keep it drawn closed, as there is no draw string "keeper" or other clip. So it will just fall back open. If you pick the bag up the wrong way, it could open and you could drop your helmet. I've taken the strings out of the bottom eyelets... and I think I will remove one string all together and then add some type of clip to keep it closed.Anyway, I've used it for about a month and do recommend the helmet. For the cost verses the features and useability, I would buy it again.

The media could not be loaded. When I saw this futuristic orange thing it caught my eye not only in specs and design but it had to be a lump of dump for the price. It was just too low of a price to compare to $400-600 welding helmets. With much hesitation I purchased it expecting to return it but when I received it I was kinda shocked to see what it was capable of. I have 4 other helmets, Harbor Break basic, Daco Pro, Midline Hobart helmet and a Midline Lincoln helmet. I have never used one of my other helmets since that day. The color and clarity is astounding. I can literally work with my helmet on and it doesn’t matter what the lighting is I see almost regular. When the lens activates it kinda scares you because it seems like your seeing to much detail and color. It took my welding to a new level because I could actually see well. I let my wife try the old helmets and then the new one and her only words were, how have you been welding if you couldn’t see anything. The reviews are kinda screwy and you’ll read about bad head piece but it’s a different model. It’s sturdy the whole thing has held up extremely well and the way the lens cover is designed prohibits smoke and grime from getting to the lenses. The batteries and the extra batteries are worthless and shouldn’t even bother with them. The unit cleans up nicely with degreaser and I am just amazed at the price and value you get with this item. The pics I uploaded are after my helmet got muddy with the monsoons but a wipe to the shirt and it’s still heads and tails above the rest.In my opinion this was and continues to be a great value and one of my favorite purchases from Amazon as of yet.Update as of 12.22.23I was able to get my second one for even less. I spent $130 on my first one and I only swallowed hard because of my lack of knowledge of the brand and the hassle of yet another trip to the UPS store. Fast forward and I needed to make a few really good looking welds on a ongoing functional art project and couldn’t recall where I had stored my last supplied lens replacement (3rd) and they were out of stock on Amazon for a replacement set. So now years later and after the great reset of the old world I was eager to replace my old mask that is now sown together with 14 gauge copper cord from some scrap romex wire after a bag of concrete crushed my helmet completely above and below the lens diagonally split and not wanting to try to epoxy the seam together which would allow for it to contour in from the lens assembly again because I would have to place patches over the graphics on the exterior as well as the interior for it to work well. So I took a brazing rod heated it up and melted a whole on either side of the split every 1/2 inch and with little U’s I bent out of the copper wire would sow the helmet together with every twist. It is cool looking ( will try to remember to upload picture) but not being able to find lens replacements or order new ones and not wanting to stare through scratched lenses and concrete powder for this death match of a weld I was planning searched for the helmet again assuming it would be twice the price I originally paid but absolutely ok with the imagined inflated price of say $260 I couldn’t believe it was even less. Almost well not almost but half the price I first paid. $130 initially and now $89 and even still offered a $10 off coupon. Ok so the first one I loved and thought it was perfect but in actuality the batteries they included were trash and even after replacing them their onboard solar charging circuitry was trash. The integrity of the mask overall was a little bit flimsy after it would sit but a foot away as I try to beat the duty cycle to lay a perfect 48 in bead on some 3/8 in plate in a single pass flux core style. The mask would have done a dab if I turned quickly. Also the knob to tighten the head set against the back lobe of your head would on occasion loosen by it self. But the mask was a steal so now even cheaper didn’t even care for these little annoyances that only surfaced with many miles (except for the crappy charging of crappy batteries were day oners). So it seems this totally typical Chinese company that brain washes you to accept their mediocre product by proclaiming yes to welding somehow has redesigned all of those flaws that I had experienced and a few others that I could now reduce and remade this thing and lowered the price by 40%. I was blown away so I said Yes welder bought a welder and a couple plasma cutters from them too. Everything they make is so impressively built and priced that sometimes when I’m bragging I tell people I’m Chinese like my new welding stuff. That was a lot of typing on a phone yo and they made me do it. Figuratively yo. And like 5 periods. Like I said I’m awesome and I’m Chinese just like my Yes welding stuff yo.

Overall I like the helmet as it works well for grinding and welding. However, a couple of complaints. First, the more I flip up and down the welding portion and leave the clear shield down, the inner plastic over the welding window gets scratched down the center so I have to replace it more often than I would like. And yes I have tried to make adjustments to stop the scratching. Second, I tried to change headgear and because of the weird design on the outside of the helmet with the large red knobs, I wasn't able to get the more comfortable headgear (Lincoln) to install. Another is that when TIG welding, I get random bright flashes that make it unusable for TIG welding even after adjustments to the settings, it is fine for MIG and stick. The battery life is actually great and I don't have issues with the charging cable or port. Settings are easy to adjust. Overall, it is a great dual use helmet and I'm glad I bought it.