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Anyone using these helmets yet? My employer is considering buying all our welders these helmets because of the arc time tracking feature. Part of our quest to become a LEAN manufacturing plant. Any pros and cons?
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titanium9400
My employer just order me one.i should get it tuesday. I will post after a couple of days of using it. I couldn't find any reviews on it but it looked like it would do the job for me.
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I have had the 9400i for about 6 months, I got it with the PAPR. I really like it, the i has the flip lens with built in grinding shield so cover plates and grind shields cost more than the 2x4 ones. The new helmets have a redesigned headgear thats supposed to be more comfortable, along with the digital lens. I always get hosed when Miller improves things, I usually buy and then a short time later they add features to what already was there top of the line unit, and I find myself wanting the newest latest greatest.Comment
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That would be the day when I tell my boss to kiss my ass when they tell me what helmet I have to use!!!!Comment
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They buy our helmets for us. We now use the digital elite by Miller. If we get new ones we get to take the old one home....not a bad deal. You'd only tell me that once if you now what I mean! They are not making us use cheap ones by any means.Originally posted by jbomb View PostComment
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All you should ever need is a pipeliner hood!!! Never have and never will use a auto tintComment
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Titanium 9400
Well I got it yesterday and have used it for two days. It gets a 10 out of 10 from me.I am a production welder building River jet boats ,fishing boats made of aluminum. This helmet is very comfortable ,reflects heat like it said it would.this is my third Miller,I also have a speed glass with fresh air pack.nice too, but a bit of a pain sometimes for the work I am doing.these new millers are a big step up from the last digital elite I bought.head gear is awsome.I have only been able to get two years out of my other millers,keep in mind I am hard on helmets but the new ones come with a 3 year warrenty.I am very happy with the choice I made,this is a very comfortable helmet,good protection.nice glass and very easy to change settings for cutting /tig, etc. I couldn't find a review on this helmet from other welders before I bought it. so if your looking to buy one its sweet.
the info track is cool too. it has a clock and an alarm so you wont miss your coffee break hope this helps,it works for me.Oh and if you have already a miller with the old style head band I think the new syle head band will fit some models. the head band on this helmet is awsome.
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Tell me how a pipeliner hood is better in a fabrication shop than an auto hoodOriginally posted by jbomb View Post
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I fab in the shop all the time with mine, I have 2 tho. One without the flip and one I added a flip front to for heavy grinding and buffing. I've done lots of tig with them as well no problems.Comment
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Titanium 9400 helmet
Jbomb is right for the first five or so years of my career I spent a ton on hoods cause a hood wood last me less than a year I bought speed glas and optrels the two best in the industry for auto lens and the lightest ..... But once I learned to actually weld ... Weld anything in any position I bought what all the pros use a pipeliner cut down to fit me by me... I have one with an american optics cool blue lens for tig. And one with a number ten glass lens the optics in one of there's is far superior to any auto lens .... So if you can strike an arc in the dark it's a no brainer... Not one person can argue that there is a hood out there with an auto lens that is clearer than a plain glass lens.Comment
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That's right Dr pipe, I have Some original Lincoln super visibility lenses in Mine and can see clear as day in the shop or out side and I don't have to worry about the cold or something not working as you do with the auto tints!!!!!Comment
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Thanks for the feedback Kevin.Comment
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titanium 9400
The info track is cool. I thought it took a lot longer to weld out a hull of a boat than it did . the helmet will tell you how long, down to the minute it took to weld out the job. handy for a lean shop. day 4 with this helmet and its awsome.
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Titanium 9400 helmet
Does it bring you coffee or grind your bead ..... Sold!! LolComment
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