Fibre-Metal by Honeywell

Hands down the best welding hood ever made. Lightweight, replacement parts are cheap and easy to find, and they’re pretty durable. I’ve been using the same one for around 12 years now only thing I’ve replaced is the headgear.

Lasted 10 years till a piece of stainless tubing fell on it. Just had to get a new one. Running a wens lens. Best hood money can get.

I agree with most of the reviewers anout this helmet and I highly recommended it. Resist buying the tricked out Lincoln, Miller, or Speedglass helmets for $200+ and order this hood, a lens (auto or passive), and either surgical tubing to upgrade the existing headgear or order whatever headgear you prefer. You absolutely need to trim the bottom though about an inch tapering off to the sides where the hood goes vertical. Otherwise the hood hits your collar bone and gets held up on your upper chest when you look down. If you're just starting out, don't think that you need a large auto lens and a slick paint job. You can see just as well (in my opinion) through the 2" x 4" standard which every welding supply carries and cover lenses are dirt cheap. There is enough room in the lens holder to take an auto dark or passive lens, drop in filter plate or magnifying lens, and poly cover plates on both sides. If you need suggestions for headgear, I recommend the Jackson 370 ratchet style. As far as passive lenses, you cant go wrong with a Phillips safety gold (most affordable and excellent lens), wens lens blue, or Aulektro gold. As far as an auto dark lens, you can't go wrong with an Arcone, Miller, or Jackson EQC (if you need variable shades although it's much thicker than the other two suggested). There are also drop in filter plates by Phillips Safery that reduce flare while welding. I personally use a Miller shade 8 autodark 2" x 4" lens with the Phillips safety 2" x 4" super magenta drop in filter and it's awesome. Depending on what I'm welding, I will wear some shaded safety glasses underneath when running higher amperage. Anywho..,bottom line is this welding hood is top notch and won't disappoint.

Desde Spain EU: La mascara es muy poco conocida aquí en España, este tipo de mascara no suelen ser muy comunes y no se ven ni se usan en herrería. Pesa poco y es muy resistente, el cristal es de sombra 10, perfecto para el trabajo de soldar. Se puede poner un visor automático de Autodarking ya que él espacio interior es de la misma medida, lo cual le da una ventaja extra sin tener que levantar la masca para poder posiciónar el electrodo. Me gusta porque cubre muy bien todas las partes de la cabeza es redondeada y las chispas resbalan. El sistema de cambio del cristal es un poco difícil de quitar, hay que hacer algunas maniobras complicadas y ponerlo otra vez (el cristal) es igual de difícil pero no permite que él cristal se mueva, lo cual es excelente . Por lo demás es resistente y ocupa poco espacio. Si me preguntas si la recomiendo comprar, si, te la recomiendo porque funciona bien, pero también tengo que avisarte que tendrás que acostumbrarte a este tipo de máscara. No es como las baratas.

Expect a work horse not a work of art. Mine came with a few minor cosmetic imperfections but nothing that some fine grit sandpaper and a minute of attention couldn't smooth. Much lighter than I expected and the headband wasnt all that bad but I still replaced it with a 3M. Unlike many plastic hoods this one won't ever gradually lose its shape as I have seen before. Not really meant for fabrication but with a few modifications it has held on better than many of the $200+ hoods out there. This is a blank canvas, make it your entirely your own!

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Just used the hood this morning for the first time. Easy to use, good head gear, lightweight. I was running 1/8 rod on 125 amps DC with minimal spatter. Good vision through the lens. It blocked almost all of the fumes. Yes, it is fiberglass and a little rough here and there, but a great hood. If you want it nicer, do a little sanding and painting. But it works fine as is. I am retired and just weld when I have a project going on. I don't do auto darken lenses. I highly recommend.

This is a really nice helmit if you don’t want to risk you eye sight to an auto darkening system.Tecknogy is good just not with welding helmets.Its narrow and the head band fits well.This is a fine,simple ,old fashioned helmet.If you can weld with this,you can weld with anything…

What many negative reviewers on this helmet fail to realize that this is not meant to be your pretty autodarkening $500 Viking or Elite helmet. It's a mechanical fixed rugged helmet. Any Welding Work can be done with rugged helmets or pristine kinds....still a helmet. But know what kind of tradesperson you are and how you'd like to spend your money and treat your welding helmets. I'm a Nuclear RT UT welder for BWXT which is an indoor facility and they provide Miller Elite's for everyone. Yet I still use this Pipeliner helmet for lots of STICK or heavy Flux-core and even some TIG. I'd use this outside on muddy fieldwork if need be. Its a "Do it and get-er done" kind of helmet. Not meant to be pretty but for those like myself who just care about the work, and if you can work a fixed shade, this helmet is perfect. As is the Tigerhood. Yes the paint is crap, its rough..... I don't care. It works in extreme heat and cold and is tough. Some say that using this helmet is working harder, not smarter. But if you can master this helmet then any manual welding is a breeze when you use your expensive Auto Darkening kinds.

I used this welding shield on a 3 year project, building 5 bridges for the city of Toronto, Canada. It did everything that I expected it to do. Easily snapped onto my hardhat and plenty of room for my respirator. I did not use an auto filter so this helmet was always being flipped up and down. Most of my time was spent in confined spaces with heavy wire Flux Core welding, as well as back gouging. Put this helmet to the test and it held up the whole way, still one of my favourites. Recommend to anyone.

I love it perfect fit super light

People that say this is a crappy hood probably don't work hard enough to justify owning one. Nor do they deserve the nostalgia of this time tested, pipeline proven work horse. If you're too much of a snowflake to deal with minor discrepancies then go find a cozzy deck job and shut up