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Originally posted by old dino:
Ended up buying a Yeswelder LYG-M800H "welding" helmet. I got it for $61 and a few days later it was up to $80. View is 3.93x3.66", true color and 5~9/9~13 shade. Works well with wearing my glasses. Probably will not be doing TIG ... just MIG and Stick. The headgear is on the weak side so I also bought the Lincoln Viking headgear that swaps out.

I was in about the same position as you last fall & I bought the same helmet. I got in early on the yeswelder MP200 kickstarter - Stick/MIG/TIG/Plasma cut for $500. I will likely only use the MIG/Cut & rarely stick.

I've only used it twice & I don't really know what the hell I'm doing, but it functioned as expected. The cracked handle of a tomato stake driver has held up through 100+ stakes, which might be a record considering all the other welds on the handles that I didn't make.