Budget Welding Helmets | Harbor Freight, YesWelder, or....???

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Lets compare welding helmets: Chicago Electric from Harbor freight vs YesWelder Large view welding hood.
Budget welding helmets are everywhere. Is it worth saving a few dollars on the really cheap models? Does $10 or $20 really matter in the grand scheme of things? Lets find out in this video while we cover a really cheap option, and compare it to something a few dollars more.
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@GarageHobbyist Жыл бұрын

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@RKELLEHER40 Жыл бұрын

Howdy, Brother! Once again, I appreciate your time, effort and expertise. This is important info and I'm glad you addressed it.

@GarageHobbyist Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@nicktaran4703 Жыл бұрын

I have the harbor freight helmet. But I would have definitely paid $10 more for the bigger viewing area. Either way Auto-darkening is the way to go.

@GarageHobbyist Жыл бұрын

Auto darkening for sure, and once you have a nice big lens, you’ll never go back!

@macEboy Жыл бұрын

Thanks for helping folk make better welding choices! Cheers!

@GarageHobbyist Жыл бұрын

You bet!

@WilberWiley 15 күн бұрын

NICE VIDEO THANKS. WHAT YOU SAY MAKES SENSE

@michaellorenson2997 4 ай бұрын

Excellent, thanks

@DMAbCD 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for this very informative video. I was thinking about the harbor freight and your video changed my mind.

@GarageHobbyist 10 ай бұрын

Check out the Arc Captain Large View hood. It’s been my new favorite, but very similar to the YesWelder

@jasonm9264 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video and input

@GarageHobbyist 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely. Also worth checking out the ArcCaptain Large view hood.

@joujimiichi1 Жыл бұрын

Thank you man. I’ve been struggling with the harbor freight hood for about 9 months and have my first welding job coming up. Didn’t want to blow $300~$700 on a new one and wasn’t sure if I could trust the YESWELDER until watching this. We’ll see how this job goes; maybe I will end up shelling out the money for a professional hood.

@GarageHobbyist Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Glad the video was helpful!

@m4rvinmartian 13 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@relectric720 4 ай бұрын

Thankyou for the video. What color is the screen.

@drincogni 2 ай бұрын

I bought one for 59$ auto darkening till shade 11 trye color GYS invader.light and no exterior knob.perfect for DIY.then again am on a tiny island near australia.GYS is a FRENCH company.

@banjominer9682 Жыл бұрын

thanks

@JesseSchoch 8 ай бұрын

I can depend on my yes welder helmet to flash me at the worst possible times every time. very reliable in that way.

@johnwight4055 3 ай бұрын

I bought the Yeswelder helmet you are reviewing here (LYG M800H) and I have flashing problems with it. It also came a bit mis-shapened. The flashing issue occurred after owning it for 40 days. I am still in a never-ending correspondence with Yeswelder just to get them to replace the helmet. I've called and emailed twice. They don't want me to send it in, but say I need to create and produce a video of the problem. So I have to go out and buy the equipment for that, hire extra people to help, and then do video editing and send it in a small enough file for email? No thank you. I don't even know how in the world I would capture this from behind the mask. I'm not a video professional. This is absurd. They keep asking me to perform the same trouble-shooting steps repeatedly despite my assurances they don't work. I think they are having so many issues with these $75 helmets that they are trying to prevent returns altogether under warranty. I have spent way too much time on this. I do not recommend Yeswelder. In my experience they are not honoring their warranties by gaming their out-of-country status.

@shaolin224 Жыл бұрын

Is the battery replaceable in the yeswelder? I didn't realize some cheaper helmets have batteries that just expire and the auto darkening feature stops working. Nice comparison 👍

@GarageHobbyist Жыл бұрын

It is. Super easy as well, don't even have to take the lens out. it even comes with an extra battery in the box.

@daiiahi3403 Жыл бұрын

Made a mistake of buy a fixed shade and struggled to do simple tac welding......Got so frustrated, I bought a Hobart auto dark...I am now in Happy Land! just $111.00 for the helmet....don't mess around...just get an auto dark from the get go.

@GarageHobbyist Жыл бұрын

I agree. It makes for a better experience all around!

@luckyPiston Жыл бұрын

No mention of lense functionality ie speed must be good if its not even worth mentioning right ?

@GoldSrc_ 9 ай бұрын

The glass by default already blocks UV, the speed at which it darkens is not as important nor it's part of the UV protection. But yes, those circuits are so simple, that the reaction speed is on par with the most expensive ones.

@luckyPiston 9 ай бұрын

@@GoldSrc_ My experience is speed is everything when it comes down to whether my eyes feel like they have sand in them after a long day under the hood, i don't want to see any part of the flash especially the front end . So over the years ive used lots a helmets at work and slower = pain

@GoldSrc_ 9 ай бұрын

@@luckyPiston Since the glass already blocks UV, you shouldn't have the feeling of sand on your eyes. Unless you want to say that your experience trumps physics lol. I get that the flash can be annoying, but other than a bright flash, it poses no risk. Auto darkening helmets have been around for like 20-30 years, if what you say was a real problem, you'd see that being said all the time by every single welder.

@stevecarlisle3323 11 ай бұрын

Your comparing the high end YesWelder to the other helmet, but YesWelder also sells those the same as HF.

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