Spent $400 on a brand-name welding hood and it fogged up on me within 20 minutes on a humid day in Houston

My old $80 hood never had that problem, so did I waste my money on fancy features or am I just missing some trick to keep the lens clear - what has your experience been with high-end hoods in sticky weather?

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the_sam12d ago

Man, that sucks. I had the exact same thing happen with a high-end Speedglas hood I bought a couple years back. First humid day in Atlanta, it was like trying to weld through a steamed up bathroom mirror. My old Jackson from the hardware store never did that nonsense. I tried every anti-fog spray and wipe I could find at the supply shop, none of them really worked for more than ten minutes. Finally just drilled a tiny vent hole near the top of the lens housing on the side nobody sees, which helped a ton but it's a hack job on a $400 hood. Makes you wonder if all the fancy electronics are just marketing fluff when the basics don't work.

lindal1312d ago

Oh yeah, a tiny vent hole saved my hood too, works better than any spray I tried.

grantw3212d ago

I heard some guys at the local welding supply shop say the anti-fog sprays are mostly wax and just make things worse on humid days. A little hole like you did or even a short dry spell with the hood off seems to be the only real fix I've heard of.