Optrel Panoramaxx
Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 10:51 pm
Does anyone know when the Optrel Panoramaxx hoods will be available? Website says Spring.
Yeah but sodas they are gonna cost $1000 and have more features than we could wrap our head around. I don't look forward to dropping $1000 for just a hood. Maybe if it had a papr than it would be worth a grand but well see. If nothing else I guess I'll start collecting passive shadesOscar wrote:Yikes. $400 is a little too much for me. My e684 it is.
Sales rep dropped past with some to demo.Oscar wrote:Yikes. $400 is a little too much for me. My e684 it is.
Interesting, on Welding Supplies from IOC site the description for both hoods readsRupes wrote:Sales rep dropped past with some to demo.
What is striking about the 684 is the color reproduction. I was blown away how good it looked when used with tig.
After that a little dissapointed with the Panoramaxx. Yes field of view is amazing, light state is fantastic at 2.5. Everthing is great, but I kept going back to the 684. Shame they couldn't use that lense in the panoramaxx. Maybe the choice was 2.5 light state or optical clarity and they went with the former.
Don't get me wrong, both are amazing but you have to compromise it seems and at the price you shouldn't have to imo. If you sit all day at a bench on a pedal doing fine tig work the 684 it is. If you do all around fabrication on various stuff including grinding (easy grind button on the side of the hood, don't have to lift it off to change modes on either model) and want to be able to forget you are wearing a hood then go with the Panoramaxx. Either way definately worth a demo if you have a supplier in the area.