Hobart 770890 Auto-Darkening Welding Helmet, Large, Black

Works excellent, quality you expect from Hobart. Used as a gift to a novice welder just starting out, he loves it. Easy to adjust and user friendly.

Hood is great. Replacing my old hobart hood that I gave to my son. Can see everything with this helmet. Fast acting with the 4 sensors. Not afraid for my eyes at all. Love the adjustability. Also like thst it has solar and a battery. Have used it welding 8hrs a day for months with no issues.

Works great

I have a fairly good sized head and this helmet adjusts perfectly. The screen changes immediately from clear to safe welding so that old problem is solved. I have had no issue with this product and recommend it for anyone interested in safely welding.

Love this helmet. I tig with shade 11 and it works great. It hasnt flickered for me as the delay setting is really good. The sensitivity of the light sensor is very good, too good actually to where looking at a 10w LED light bulb turns it on if looked directly at it. Grinding and looking at the sparks does turn it on also but put it in grind mode and it works great. I do wish grind mode was accessable from the outside of the helmet instead of inside the helmet. I tend to wear the helmet for an hour or two just straight on my head going from welding to grinding and if the grind mode button was on the outside it would make switching back and forth very easy, instead of just trying to stick my gloved fingers inside to switch. And because I wear it almost all day, its very comfortable on my head. I wear no welding cap.Would be a 5 star if grinding mode was more accessible. I would give it 4.5 stars

Always have had good luck with Hobart products. This helmet should hold up seem to be built well and durable.

I enjoy welding as a hobby, have made truck racks, gates, that sorry of thing, and have also taught the Boy Scout welding merit badge to some kids in grandsons troop. For this reason I have acquired several helmets for students and parents who want to observe. Progressed from the Harbor Freight (great value when starting out) up to the Lincoln Viking, which provides the best image of all. But I recently added to the collection with the Hobart auto darkening helmet and am very impressed with the light weight, comfort, and image quality. After reading many reviews, it just struck me as an outstanding value (about 1/3rd the price I paid for the Lincoln). I also liked the two battery in Hobart vs one for Lincoln after having to replace Lincoln battery after a year. The main feature the Lincoln has which Hobart does not is the external grind button. Because I don’t do production welding I find I have not even used the grind button. For me it has been about being able to see the weld better and toward that end got cheater lenses for both helmets. In my experience the image provided by both helmets is excellent, but for the money, the Hobart is the better value and as a bonus does not have the quirk of occasionally pulling your hair out which the Lincoln has. For my purposes, if I had it to do over again, I would get 2 Hobart helmets and have had money left over to squander in some other foolish way.

I'm not in the $500 welding helmet league as a home heavy duty shop welder. This helmet is leagues above my older farm store and chain tool store helmets. I really can't imagine needing anything better until the tech progresses a few decades. It makes me a better welder. Highly recommended.