Welding helmets are available these days with a wide range of styles and features. You can find welding helmets from the plain old hood your daddy used to wear to something with a bit more gusto that matches your personality. Manufactures such as Hoodlum have uniquely designed welding helmets that look like skulls, dogs, pigs, robots, and apes. These custom welding hoods accept a number of different face plates so you can make personal adjustments to fit your needs.

If you are into the more traditional welding helmet, there are quite a few online retailers who have the stock stuff. Even the stock shaped helmets can be ordered with custom paint so you don’t need to stuck decals on your hood to make it look cool.

One of the latest innovations in welding helmets are auto-darkening lenses. These welding helmets allow you to see when the arc is not active, but will automatically become dark as soon as the arc flashes. You will never get flashed again with one of these puppies and on need to flip lens cover up and down to figure out where to start your weld. You can find auto-darkening lenses that are solar powered and run off the UV produced by the welder, or battery powered models.