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I bought the miller elite back in july 04' to replace my broken Speedglass XL(which lasted me about 6 years of most extreme abuse).
I have a few good things to say about the elite: the headband gives you alot of options for ajustment. The stars and stripes(the one I have) is a head turner. The 4 sensors work great, even in very awkword positions. And the batteries are holding well(better than my old speedglass).
But on the downside; my headband broke, so the local vendor placed an order for a warrenty replacement which took over 3 months to get here. After flipping the hood up and down a few times, the knobs work themselfs loose. I don't like the placement of the controls because you go though alot of inner lenses reaching for the controls when you are wearing it. Speaking of lenses, it took over 1 month to get mine because they were on backorder. It dosn't have a power-off option, so grinding causes the lense to trip unless you let it sit for 15 minutes to auto-off.
For the cost of around $250, it's not that bad of a deal. But the next hood I will buy will be from speedglass.
Off the soapbox I go..
-Brainfarth
I have a few good things to say about the elite: the headband gives you alot of options for ajustment. The stars and stripes(the one I have) is a head turner. The 4 sensors work great, even in very awkword positions. And the batteries are holding well(better than my old speedglass).
But on the downside; my headband broke, so the local vendor placed an order for a warrenty replacement which took over 3 months to get here. After flipping the hood up and down a few times, the knobs work themselfs loose. I don't like the placement of the controls because you go though alot of inner lenses reaching for the controls when you are wearing it. Speaking of lenses, it took over 1 month to get mine because they were on backorder. It dosn't have a power-off option, so grinding causes the lense to trip unless you let it sit for 15 minutes to auto-off.
For the cost of around $250, it's not that bad of a deal. But the next hood I will buy will be from speedglass.
Off the soapbox I go..
-Brainfarth
, I've noticed that it has been with the supplier. All my Miller parts have been shipped with a couple of days. The one time it took longer, I found out that it was Airgas that screwed up. They didn't put the order in for a week, and when it got there three days later, it took a few days to log it in the system and a few more days for them to call me. Viola...three weeks. Just an observation. You may need to hand hold your supplier to make sure they are doing their job right. I'm not saying that this is the case here, but it is possible. Who knows, they may have run out or something.
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