Hi there

I dont know how many people on here are from the UK, but if you are you
may like to know that Lidl are selling a very cheap auto darkening helmet.

It's their own "Parkside" brand and it retails at £25.

Even if they are no good as your main helmet, then it might be good as a
backup or for tuition purposes.


Costs nothing to look ....




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Abandoned_Trolley <fred@fred-smith.co.uk> writes:

Hi there

I dont know how many people on here are from the UK, but if you are
you may like to know that Lidl are selling a very cheap auto darkening helmet.

It's their own "Parkside" brand and it retails at £25.

Even if they are no good as your main helmet, then it might be good as
a backup or for tuition purposes.

Costs nothing to look ....

I am in the UK.
I have no idea how good or not good they are.
You can have a surprise either way.

I work commercially and use what many rate as the best.
Because you can have it on for 8 to 12 hours a day.

Rich Smith

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On 8/8/2022 5:56 PM, Richard Smith wrote:

Abandoned_Trolley <fred@fred-smith.co.uk> writes:

Hi there

I dont know how many people on here are from the UK, but if you are
you may like to know that Lidl are selling a very cheap auto darkening
helmet.

It's their own "Parkside" brand and it retails at £25.

Even if they are no good as your main helmet, then it might be good as
a backup or for tuition purposes.

Costs nothing to look ....

I am in the UK.
I have no idea how good or not good they are.
You can have a surprise either way.

I work commercially and use what many rate as the best.
Because you can have it on for 8 to 12 hours a day.

Rich Smith

I bought the best I could afford ... just because I'm a "hobbyist"
doesn't mean I need to skimp where my sight is concerned .
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Snag <snag_one@msn.com> writes:

On 8/8/2022 5:56 PM, Richard Smith wrote:

Abandoned_Trolley <fred@fred-smith.co.uk> writes:

Hi there

I dont know how many people on here are from the UK, but if you are
you may like to know that Lidl are selling a very cheap auto darkening
helmet.

It's their own "Parkside" brand and it retails at £25.

Even if they are no good as your main helmet, then it might be good as
a backup or for tuition purposes.

Costs nothing to look ....

I am in the UK.
I have no idea how good or not good they are.
You can have a surprise either way.

I work commercially and use what many rate as the best.
Because you can have it on for 8 to 12 hours a day.

Rich Smith

I bought the best I could afford ... just because I'm a "hobbyist"
doesn't mean I need to skimp where my sight is concerned .
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“Free speech is my right to say what you don’t
want to hear.” -George Orwell

Apologies for the unintended potential interpretation.
Those air-feds are very expensive. But when you are sliding around on
your back in a tiny space welding overhead in the near-darkness you
realise the finer points of the design.

I got from Aldi or Lidl a bench drilling machine for GBP30 (less than
an "electric drill") and you could feel play in the quill - but for
what my friend was doing it was fantastic and a blessing. She could
drill in less than two seconds what had always been a bit of work with
a hand-held drill.
That was what I was thinking of...

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On 8/9/2022 2:25 AM, Richard Smith wrote:

Snag <snag_one@msn.com> writes:

On 8/8/2022 5:56 PM, Richard Smith wrote:

Abandoned_Trolley <fred@fred-smith.co.uk> writes:

Hi there

I dont know how many people on here are from the UK, but if you are
you may like to know that Lidl are selling a very cheap auto darkening >>>> helmet.

It's their own "Parkside" brand and it retails at £25.

Even if they are no good as your main helmet, then it might be good as >>>> a backup or for tuition purposes.

Costs nothing to look ....

I am in the UK.
I have no idea how good or not good they are.
You can have a surprise either way.

I work commercially and use what many rate as the best.
Because you can have it on for 8 to 12 hours a day.

Rich Smith

I bought the best I could afford ... just because I'm a "hobbyist"
doesn't mean I need to skimp where my sight is concerned .
--
Snag
“Free speech is my right to say what you don’t
want to hear.” -George Orwell

Apologies for the unintended potential interpretation.
Those air-feds are very expensive. But when you are sliding around on
your back in a tiny space welding overhead in the near-darkness you
realise the finer points of the design.

I got from Aldi or Lidl a bench drilling machine for GBP30 (less than
an "electric drill") and you could feel play in the quill - but for
what my friend was doing it was fantastic and a blessing. She could
drill in less than two seconds what had always been a bit of work with
a hand-held drill.
That was what I was thinking of...

I didn't mean anything but that I too value quality equipment ...
were I a professional weldor , I would have spent a lot more than a
hundred fifty bucks for a helmet . But for the 4 or 5 times a month I
use it it's just fine .
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want to hear.” -George Orwell

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On 05/08/2022 20:12, Abandoned_Trolley wrote:

Hi there

I dont know how many people on here are from the UK, but if you are you
may like to know that Lidl are selling a very cheap auto darkening helmet.

It's their own "Parkside" brand and it retails at £25.

Even if they are no good as your main helmet, then it might be good as a backup or for tuition purposes.

Costs nothing to look ....

and on a related note, I noticed in a different branch of Lidl that they
are selling a Parkside "inverter" and on the side of the (disturbingly
small) box it says that theres a TIG torch included.

I dont work for Lidl and I am not recommending it, but once again it
costs nothing to look ....

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saw those yesterday - autodarkener and inverter.
Think there were a couple of inverter models.
One inverter is 80A (85A?) so up to 2.5mm rods only.
Presumably output is DC (inverters are, after rectifying back from
something like 100kHz internally), so that could be 7018 which is
penetrative and there's nothing like "stick" (SMAW) for sound fusion
on thick sections with otherwise infeasibly small currents.

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On Tue, 30 Aug 2022 13:11:42 +0100, Abandoned_Trolley
<fred@fred-smith.co.uk> wrote as underneath :

Snip

and on a related note, I noticed in a different branch of Lidl that they
are selling a Parkside "inverter" and on the side of the (disturbingly
small) box it says that theres a TIG torch included.

I dont work for Lidl and I am not recommending it, but once again it
costs nothing to look ....

Can't see any reference to that inverter/welder on the current Lidl UK website..

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On 31/08/2022 08:02, Charlie+ wrote:

On Tue, 30 Aug 2022 13:11:42 +0100, Abandoned_Trolley
<fred@fred-smith.co.uk> wrote as underneath :

Snip

and on a related note, I noticed in a different branch of Lidl that they
are selling a Parkside "inverter" and on the side of the (disturbingly
small) box it says that theres a TIG torch included.

I dont work for Lidl and I am not recommending it, but once again it
costs nothing to look ....

Can't see any reference to that inverter/welder on the current Lidl UK website..

I can assure you they were there.

I was in the store yesterday and noticed that there is also a smaller
inverter model without the TIG torch which only goes up to 80 amps.

Next time I am in there I will see if I can remember to take a note of
the product numbers - and get the price of the smaller one.

In the meantime you could amuse yourself by looking at :

https://customer-service.lidl.co.uk/SelfServiceUK/s/global-search/%40uri?language=en_GB#q=parkside%20inverter%20welder&tab=allContent

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Presumably output is DC ?

would be very surprised if not - offering AC appears to double the cost
of TIG welders

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Abandoned_Trolley <fred@fred-smith.co.uk> writes:

...
I can assure you they were there.
...

Yup, I'll second that - in the wire stillages in the centre isle of
Lidl stores.

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If you "miss" something when on offer in stores, can sometimes get
them mail-order from the Lidl website / warehouse (also think of
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On 05/08/2022 20:12, Abandoned_Trolley wrote:

Hi there

I dont know how many people on here are from the UK, but if you are
you may like to know that Lidl are selling a very cheap auto darkening helmet.

It's their own "Parkside" brand and it retails at £25.

Even if they are no good as your main helmet, then it might be good as
a backup or for tuition purposes.

Costs nothing to look ....

A neighbour of mine has a Lidl Parkside plasma cutter with built in
compressor and the first time he went to use it it went bang or pop and
the compressor kept running but the cutter wouldn't work. He had some
trouble initially getting in touch with the product support but got a
badly translated email and eventually a replacement plasma cutter but no
idea whether he has to send the faulty one back, he has the original
packaging just in case. Having the replacement which I think he hasn't
checked yet he opened up the original unit and the fault was obvious,
the 8mm push in connector to the compressor had failed, basically the
internals of the connector had failed under pressure like they hadn't
been swaged in and the hose, release ring,  barb ring and seal had been ejected from the connector. Looks like a standard part and he's going to
try and remove the failed part and replace it, I may have a suitable replacement if the original is 1/4" BSP or the equivalent G fitting. All
else internally looks well made but it should be interesting to get a replacement connector and see if and how well it functions.

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"David Billington" wrote in message news:teo9n9$1smic$1@dont-email.me...
On 05/08/2022 20:12, Abandoned_Trolley wrote:

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Aldi Süd (it's German) does business as Aldi's and Trader Joe's in the USA. AFAIK they sell only groceries here.

The local Dollar Tree discount store has many items dual labeled in French
for the Canadien market, so my vocabulary is slowly improving.

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I can assure you they were there.

I was in the store yesterday and noticed that there is also a smaller inverter model without the TIG torch which only goes up to 80 amps.

Next time I am in there I will see if I can remember to take a note of
the product numbers - and get the price of the smaller one.

In the meantime you could amuse yourself by looking at :

https://customer-service.lidl.co.uk/SelfServiceUK/s/global-search/%40uri?language=en_GB#q=parkside%20inverter%20welder&tab=allContent

Yesterdays visit to the "other" Lidl in town revealed it as the Parkside PTMI-180A1 retailing at £149.99 - Lidl stock number 389213.

I should have mentioned in the original post that its fitted with one of
those 16A round pin plugs and not the normal 13A variety.

The customer service link which I quoted above doesn't seem to be
working properly this morning, but there might be some opinions on the
beast on the forum at www.mig-welding.co.uk


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