I bought a Lincoln weld pack 220 welder, which I've never had problems with. A friend/welder uses it on my stuff more than I do and has good results. I usually just tack what I need welded and let him do the finish weld.

My problem is that I just can't see the weld once it arcs. I had a real cheap auto darkening helmet and thought that was a problem. I bought one of the lowes Kobalt auto dark helmets, which are very highly rated... I still can't see.

Any suggestions for being blinded by the arc? It all just seems to go white/green to me.