Hobart 770580 Face Shield Replacement Lens, Shaded

What a lovely product ! Super easy to cut and it bends a ton without breaking so it will form to the shape of the inside of a helmet. Once installed it’s easy to see through from the inside but you cannot see facial features behind it so it’s perfect for a mandalorian helmet. Quality control droid has given this one five stars.

I assume most people, including me, do not use these welding visors for their intended purpose. They sure do work great for Mandalorian helmets though! One thing I always disliked about the majority of visors online is that they are dark green, while this one is black. You can't tell the difference when looking at them from outside the helmet, but when you're wearing it, the dark green ones turn your vision ENTIRELY green. These black ones are like wearing sunglasses. It's noticeably dark, but you can at least see colors.

I used this for a homemade Helldiver helmet. It does bend but you need some high heat to made it bend. My battery dewalt heat gun didn't cut it. I had to used a plug in heatgun for construction to actually make it bend and mold to the shape I needed. But I can see through it just find and it worked out great.

The product when first coming out of the box looks not nearly dark enough, dirty, scratched up, and horrible, however that’s only because of a layer of film on each side of the visor, the film on the front comes off easily but the back film doesn’t have any tab to remove it, to remove this I recommend getting some tape and sticking it down to then peeling it back up, strong enough tape will pull the film up too.Once removing both layers of film it might still appear to be not dark enough, don’t worry, as once it’s fully installed into your cosplay helmet it will be, and the only reason for its semi see through appearance is the amount of light in the room, once in your cosplay will become nearly impossible to see through because of the shadows cast by the helmet (assuming your making some kind of helmet with a visor),This product was great for its price, looks amazing, and has only 1 issue, that being the misleading film layer on the back that i didn’t know existed until i peeled some tape off it after cutting the visor down to size

Like some other people here, I purchased this face shield not for the intended purpose, but rather for costuming. I had used a few other manufacturer's face shields/visors in the past, however this Hobart 770580 is by far my favorite, and I will continue to use them going forward unless something comes out that is more scratch resistant.Shipping was fast and each shield came with a removable film on each side to protect the actual plastic from becoming blemished.The tint color is a very dark 'smoke' as opposed to dark green that many other, similar shields tend to have. It's flexible and easy to insert into a helmet if costuming is your hobby/passion as well. It's also easy to trim with sharp scissors. Durability of the visor is still in question for me as it is not very scratch resistant -- though still slightly better than others I've used. A few minor scratches appeared after minimal handling.One important question many people have is, "Can you see through it?" If you are using it to wear, yes, it's like very dark sunglasses. As for it being see-through from the outside, no -- for the purpose I used it for, no one should be able to see your eyes or any of your facial features unless light comes through underneath the helmet. All in all, I'd recommend this visor for similar usage. My only ding for not giving it 5 stars is the visor's lack of being scratch resistant.

Perfect for Mando and Clone Trooper helmets.

Got this for my mandalorian helmet and it worked perfectly! People can't see in when it's being worn but it has great visibility looking out. Only "bad" part of.it is it's difficult to cut into the required shape but that's a very minor thing

Ok, first of all, this review is from the perspective of someone using it for a costume helmet. That being said, I gladly give this shield 5 stars. It's extremely durable, just the right thickness, and a perfect shade for indoor trooping as well as outdoors. I am able to see well outside at night via street lamps. Depending on the size of your visor area, you might even be able to get two visors out of this as it's fairly wide. It comes with a protective film on both sides that stays on really well through the cutting stage.One note about heat bending. If you're going to try and heat bend this shield, be fore-warned that it will take allot of heat. The plastic is a very resilient type that acts much like a tempered piece of steel in that you can heat it to a high temp while holding it in a bent shape, allow to cool while holding it bent, and then when you let it go after it cools, you will see that it returns almost to completely flat. If you plan on doing this repeatedly to try and achieve a permanent bend, you definitely want to remove the protective film first. I tried for a few heat/cool sessions and only ended up with a slight curve but the protective film basically laminated to the shield making it very hard to remove.After a few attempts at heat bending, I ended up adopting an installation method where i create tabs on the inside of the helmet for the visor to slide underneath. The advantage of this is that the tension of the visor trying to be flat holds it firmly under the tabs greatly reducing the need for tons of glue.Hope this helps and happy trooping!