Dimming Harbor Frt Welding Helmet - worth $55?
 

I am fleshing out my Christmas wish list and am thinking of adding a
Harbor Freight self dimming welding helmet. The one in question is the
Chicago Electric "brand", P/N 91212. It appears to have a manual
adjustment for the shade, ranging from 9 to 13 and two additional
switches. One to choose between slow vs fast reaction (why would I not
always want the fastest reaction?) Reaction speed is listed at 1/25,000
second. The helmet also has a high/low sensitivity switch.

YOur thoughts? I am trying to keep this item under $75 but I do not
want to have some one throw their money way if I end up using my old
helmet. I have never tried welding with one of the H Frt helmets but I
have used a midline and a high end Jackson (had the extra side light)
self dimming helmet. Would love to have one of those but that is out of
the financial picture.

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"aribert" wrote in message
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I am fleshing out my Christmas wish list and am thinking of adding a Harbor
Freight self dimming welding helmet. The one in question is the Chicago
Electric "brand", P/N 91212. It appears to have a manual adjustment for the
shade, ranging from 9 to 13 and two additional switches. One to choose
between slow vs fast reaction (why would I not always want the fastest
reaction?) Reaction speed is listed at 1/25,000 second. The helmet also
has a high/low sensitivity switch.

YOur thoughts? I am trying to keep this item under $75 but I do not want
to have some one throw their money way if I end up using my old helmet. I
have never tried welding with one of the H Frt helmets but I have used a
midline and a high end Jackson (had the extra side light) self dimming
helmet. Would love to have one of those but that is out of the financial
picture.

If responding directly, remove the "nospam" from my e-mail address.

aribert wrote:
I am fleshing out my Christmas wish list and am thinking of adding a
Harbor Freight self dimming welding helmet. The one in question is the
Chicago Electric "brand", P/N 91212. It appears to have a manual
adjustment for the shade, ranging from 9 to 13 and two additional
switches. One to choose between slow vs fast reaction (why would I not
always want the fastest reaction?) Reaction speed is listed at 1/25,000
second. The helmet also has a high/low sensitivity switch.

YOur thoughts? I am trying to keep this item under $75 but I do not
want to have some one throw their money way if I end up using my old
helmet. I have never tried welding with one of the H Frt helmets but I
have used a midline and a high end Jackson (had the extra side light)
self dimming helmet. Would love to have one of those but that is out of
the financial picture.

If responding directly, remove the "nospam" from my e-mail address.



The slow/fast reaction time is for how fast it turns off when the arc
goes out. You will want the slow setting for TIG work since the tungsten
stays real bright when you drop the arc.

The fast setting is used for stick and MIG work.

I use the Western Safety Helmet (Harbor Frieght stock #47277). I have
had three and all worked great. I'm down to my last one and will wait
for Harbor Frieght to put them on sale at the local store to pick up a
spare. My first two grew feet and walked away.

Jim Vrzal
Holiday,Fl.

On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 23:17:17 -0400, aribert
wrote:

One to choose between slow vs fast reaction (why would I not
always want the fastest reaction?)

Let's say that you're doing MIG work and filling in a hole or
something where you keep pulling the trigger and then releasing rather
quickly. If you have the switch set on fast, the shade keeps dimming
and lightening so fast that it's a little distracting. In that case,
set it to slow and it will stay dark while you continually pull the
trigger. You'll still be able to see because your weld is glowing
hot...

YOur thoughts?

I've got 3 of these and every one is great. Have used them for about
a year.

Would recommend them highly! Can't beat them for the buck.

John P.