ESAB 0700000480 Black Savage A40 Welding Helmet

The true color is a great feature. Nice helmet.

I wanted to get into welding as cheap as possible to fix some odds and ends around my lake property. I looked at all of the cheaper offshore brands and many had compelling features at great prices. When reading reviews in depth their lens optics were mediocre to poor. More importantly various reports indicated they would flash you. This was something I critically wanted to avoid. This helmet is great optics wise and functionality wise. The settings work well and after having used it for approximately 6 hours (mostly a single day) I didnt have a since instance where I was looking at the sun. Comfort wise, I could see why you wouldnt want to wear this helmet all day everyday, but I dont think thats the target audience and its not what I needed. For my purposes it works extremely well. I can see clearly, can adjust settings easily and I can very much trust this to protect my eyes. This is a solid buy to go with otherwise cheap welding gear that gets my jobs done.

Great welding helmet for beginners, easy to set up and use.

Love the true color view. Im a new welding student, been burning rods for all of five weeks now. The school supplied us with the ESAB A30 helmets, which were great until I actually struck an arc. Couldnt see behind the arc, could barely see the puddle, and trying to hit my seams was a matter of pure luck. Any shade darker than 10 was unusable. After a week, I could see a bit better, maybe a half inch around the arc. Just barely enough to stay on path. The green tint didnt help, as it prevented me from seeing my bead clearly, even with my face less than six inches from the plate. After much reading and talking to my instructors, I settled on the A40 as a decent upgrade that wouldnt have my wallet screaming for mercy. The very first arc I struck after flipping it down was night and day. Seeing my bead is no longer an issue, I can see the entire plate. I can see my puddles form and cool. I can see my actual arc under the light to adjust its length. The color is amazing. Itll sound like hyperbole, but by the end of my first day under this hood, my bead quality had improved 100%. My control is better, my rhythm is improving now that I can actually watch the bead form, hard spatter is becoming a thing of the past. I can work with the shade set to 12, and my eyes are thanking me. Guess you can say Im a fan...

Adjusting the lens shade control from 9 to 13 didnt seem to lighten or darken the shade. It was always too dark for me to see what I was welding. I gave up on this helmet and bought a Lincoln Viking 3350 to replace it.

Love it! Really like the grind button being separate from the shades and the green flash, helps a lot. Comfortable head gear, good clarity of the weld puddle. For the price, cant beat it, its an awesome hood!

So far so good. Ive been using this for a couple of months now and its working well.

I use this and a new version Lincoln Viking 3350. The Viking is a tiny bit clearer in some situations, but I usually use this hood anyway because I like how it fits me. This one is $200 less than the Lincoln. If cost is an issue, get this. If you need the best and can spend more, the Lincoln or the Esab a60 are a little bit better. If you can spend even more, the Optrel is also great. Id get an a60 if I were to buy again and wanted the best vision and comfort, but your eyes and head are different than mine, so try them on if you can.

Hard to find a better deal for the money. You won’t go wrong here. You can find a higher quality product but you are going to be paying significantly more for it. Great value for money on a product that is going to work the way it’s advertised.

Great hood.