Ok, who like the stupid flippy back section on the newer welding helmet headgear. I didn't like it at all on the Vulcan Helmet when I first got it last weekend, but my son commented on it. He said he didn't like it until he got used to it. Then I watched him set the helmet further back on his head and pull it securely into place with one hand.. Oooooh! So after adjusting the helmet for my head I tried it. Nice.
In the interim I sent a nasty gram to Lincoln about my failed helmet... and they sent me a brand new Viking helmet. It has a 4 sensor large field lens like the Vulcan. Its not identical, but it could have easily been assembled in the same factory. It has the same flippy back section on the head gear. By the time I took it out of the box I had gotten so used to the flippy head gear that I would have been disappointed if it didn't. Its much nicer and more in keeping with what I paid for my original Lincoln helmet.
I guess that flippy back section isn't so stupid after all.