To answer shortly whether auto darkening helmets are safe or not, yes they are safe when you buy from a reputable brand. Having said that, there are some other critical stuff that you must know whether you should use an auto-darkening helmet or not. At the end of reading this article, you will learn all the advantages and disadvantages of the auto darkening helmets. Are Automatic Welding Helmets Safe? From any sort of welding process like stick welding, MIG/TIG welding, Arc welding, or simply plasma cutting, bright light emits that is very hazardous to eyes. Your eyes are the most vulnerable part of our body during the welding. UV rays is really bad and harmful for them. You are familiar with the sun burn, right? Well UV rays can do the same to your eyes! Most commonly these conditions are known as ‘Arc Eye’ and it feels like there is sand in the eye. Arc eye can also lead to cancer ultimately. Unlike the traditional passive helmets, an auto darkening welding helmet can protect your eyes from such horrible conditions. They can do so not only because of the auto-darkening filter, but also for the special permanent coating which is similar to at least 15 glass. So, if for technical or other reasons, even the filter does not work, the special coating will protect your eyes from the harmful UV rays. However, there are some disadvantages (not a safety issue) with ADF helmets. In addition to protect your eyes from the sudden strike of the bright light when strike the arc during any flux core welding, stable positioning is a great advantage of ADF helmets which you can’t get from the passive helmets. Without this positioning advantage, you would have to on and off the helmet several times during the welding process. But the auto-darkening helmets stays in the same position once you set it correctly. It saves time greatly since you don’t have to position and reposition it several times. Disadvantages Of ADF Helmets Lens adjustment is a crucial part of ADF helmet. But if your helmet has a fixed-shade ADF, then you can adjust it as per your need. So most people prefer variable shade ADF helmets to avoid such troubles. Another troublesome feature of such helmets is that the price of the auto-darkening filter is costly. That’s the reasons such helmets tend to be more expensive than their non-ADF counterparts. The last disadvantage of ADF helmet is that their weights are a little bit higher than their passive helmet counterparts. Summing Up In no way, auto-darkening helmets are any risky for the welders. In fact, they are most safe and comfortable helmets out there. So, without worrying about the riskiness of such helmets, use them with full confidence.
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