OptrelHelix CLT 1050.200 Slide Up Welding Helmet with Hard Hat

Optrel. As a structural welder with 20+ years welding, optrel is far and away the best welding hood I’ve ever used. It’s light when being used for hrs. The best filter lens on the market is an understatement. It’s ultra clear, and the auto-pilot function is nice as well. Expensive yes, but quality and safety I will pay for. You can’t go wrong with any Optrel products

Yá he usado ésta marca y es excelente, pero en éste caso queda mucho a deber el funcionamiento (las partes móviles no funcionan a la perfección) En ocasiones se complica el bajar el lente obscuro y el acceso a los controles.

And he loves it! He's a welder in the local union and needed a good welding helmet. I bought this one for him and he loves it. Yes it's expensive, but the quality is worth it!

Mine arrived with the item box looking like it may have been opened before. One of the side pieces had come undone but seemed to snap back together. Neither of those was a big deal. However what was a big deal to me was two things. 1.) I could not figure out how to keep the shade from being on when not welding. 2.) The mechanism for going between welding and grinding would get stuck in the up position about half the time when I tried it. --- Ended up returning without using it at all. The headgear seemed comfortable and it was light weight.

Autodarkening sticks on. It's really annoying. I love these optrel helemets but man, if they would only work. This helmet is pretty heavy too. But overall I this thing is great. I am trying to contact the company as it is still under factory warrenty but no respone. So I don't know. I would recommend not buying from this company. All their helmets are like this. They are fantastic but very poor life span and break constantly.p.s.Got a respone for my other optrel. They are going to replace my other hood. Hopefully they will get back to me on this one soon. The darkening still sticks on unless I turn the sensitivity way down, then I get flashed constantly. It worked perfecting fine for 2 weeks. I think I got a bead of sweat in the electronics. Still a 10/10 welding helmet when it works. If it works.