whats the catch?

[trigger3]

craig imagine if you had to use papr with green lens and look through 5 layers of plastic

 

[Craig-S]

craig imagine if you had to use papr with green lens and look through 5 layers of plastic

I would say if thats what you "have" to do then ok, but I don't think we need too settle in 2025. I love my 03E, BUT if i can improve my experience and stars align then why not?

 

[trigger3]

is there a local welding store with masks on the shelf to test fit ?

 

[Craig-S]

is there a local welding store with masks on the shelf to test fit ?

Sadly not. One of the MANY things I truly dislike about this country and envy the crap out of the USA is lack of stores and even with a store its lack of choice, very different to the US where even Lowes/Harbour Freight have an array of welding stuff....we sadly have nothing like that. its mostly online and even then choice is fairly limited.

I may not be enlightened to the options we have as im very new to welding, but this is how it seems to me.

So I can only go on my understanding, which is the VC is a better built helmet with better headgear (mostly irrelevant for my needs i guess but a bonus none the less). Colour control, it seems that will improve the clarity of which i can see the puddle, being 50 with a glasses requirement and astigmatism I need all the help i can get.

Im going to overlay the yellow r-tech filter on the 03E today and see if there's a difference there.

As always I talk myself into something even if the benefit is negligible, but i also see it as a one-off expense, its not like i will need to replace a helmet every 2 years.

 

[Craig-S]

@trigger3 it got worse, i bought an Optrel Sphere X CLT. will see how this compares

 

[trigger3]

@trigger3 it got worse, i bought an Optrel Sphere X CLT. will see how this compares

the important thing is being happy with your equipment. i remember a few years back buying a miller 211. ijust wasnt happy with it. not that it welded bad but just wasnt happy with it as a whole. moved on to other machines that i found were a joy to use.
after owning several different brands of welding masks , theres only 1 ive ever been happy with.
believe me , i understand your quest to find what suits you best.
try your new mask right away outside in sunlight. a few years back i had the e684 and outside the sun would trigger the lens making it virtually useless to me. even on lowest sisitivity setting. thinking it was a dud i talked with optrel and they said put tape over the sensors. so they knew of the problem and that was their solution. after some research i found other people on the internet complaining of the same thing with their e684 lens. maybe theyve redesigned them recently to be better but its worth putting yours to the test now to be sure it can function outside properly. in the lower sensitivity settings , sun should never activate the lens of a properly designed mask

 

[Craig-S]

the important thing is being happy with your equipment. i remember a few years back buying a miller 211. ijust wasnt happy with it. not that it welded bad but just wasnt happy with it as a whole. moved on to other machines that i found were a joy to use.
after owning several different brands of welding masks , theres only 1 ive ever been happy with.
believe me , i understand your quest to find what suits you best.
try your new mask right away outside in sunlight. a few years back i had the e684 and outside the sun would trigger the lens making it virtually useless to me. even on lowest sisitivity setting. thinking it was a dud i talked with optrel and they said put tape over the sensors. so they knew of the problem and that was their solution. after some research i found other people on the internet complaining of the same thing with their e684 lens. maybe theyve redesigned them recently to be better but its worth putting yours to the test now to be sure it can function outside properly. in the lower sensitivity settings , sun should never activate the lens of a properly designed mask

Ill give that a try, thanks......when it arrives and if we ever get any sun