Optrel Vegaview 2.5 Welding Helmet - 1006.600

Everything I have bought from y’all has been wonderful stuff. Good quality no problems with nothing will buy again as soon as I need something. Thank you.

All in all I really like this helmet - I'm giving 4 stars due to a couple little things (some of which others have stated also)

the little problems: my nose also just touches the lens, the slight distortion when looking across the shop (probably the curved outer lens), even with delay set to zero and sensitivity set to where it has to be to trip reliably it seems to take to long to flip to bright again, - and last but not least, my first lens got stuck on shade 12 after about 1 year of use (covered under warranty)

pros: years of quality (my Optrel solormatic just turned 29 last month), very light, comfortable, flexible shell, looks great when welding and can see good through it when not welding (swapping parts, reading a tape measure, etc), due to how bright the off shade it many times I don't even lift it up to swap out parts

customer service is great - when my first lens got stuck on 12 they sent out a new one after a couple emails (no hassle at all, and I still have the old one)

overall I do recommend this helmet and I plan to get the crystal 2.0 next

Fast shipping, great pricing for exactly what I was looking for. Looking forward to trying out the mask. Looks to be a great quality product.

This is my first Optrel after coming from the blue brand. Initial impressions after about 10 hours of use: In the plus column; it is light weight, has a comfortable head gear, easy to get to controls, and the lense is super clear while welding. The curved shape seems to help prevent smoke from accumulating on the front as fast as my flat faced helmets. In the minus column; there is a little visual distortion caused by the outer lense when looking around. Could be amplified by my own prescription glasses but I noticed it. It isn't an issue while welding though. Also, more annoyingly, to get my eyes in the middle of the view causes my big nose to just touch the bottom edge of the lense inside the helmet. It hasn't really been a nuisance to me but I probably wouldn't have bought the helmet if I tried it on first. Adjusting the stop to the right place keeps my nose off the lense. I have yet to where a respirator under the helmet and I think I am going to run into issues there again because of my nose. Lastly I have found I can't get the tension on the flip down to stay in the sweet spot for long. It is easy enough to reset but can get a little annoying. This isn't a top dollar helmet though so it is understandable. For the cost I think it is a great helmet, personal annoyances aside.

I purchased this hood through the company I work for and it was fine for the most part until I started using it for heavy duty welding.