Quote Originally Posted by travis View Post
anyone ever use a ebay cheap welding helmet ? i see some cool looking auto darkning ones around 50$
watched the youtube on cheap harbor freight ones i am thinking its about the same thing
I've used a few of the HF ones, and while they have some issues with low amp TIG, they work ok for most things. I still tend to use one for stick welding to keep my better helmets from all the smoke and spatter. I would guess that you're right and most of them probably use the same filter. At least with HF, it's easy to return a defective one, as QC is hit and miss on anything that low priced. With a coupon you can typically get them for $39 and sometimes even less.