[dabe]

I have a helmet which has an oversize viewing area (https://benchmarkabrasives.com/products ... be24&_ss=r).

I can find 2" x 4.25" cheater lenses everywhere, but I have not been able to find any 3" x 4.25 cheater lenses.

I am using a 2" x 4.25" cheater lens now and it works great, but it would be nice to be able to use the entire viewing area of the helmet.

Thanks for any suggestions!

David

[cj737]

Cheater lenses are like reading glasses; they don’t cover the entire viewing area, only the portion you “read” through. I’ve never seen a 3” cheater, always have been installed in the bottom half of the lens or the top when working overhead (that’s why you can slide them up and down).

[Toggatug]

Only ever seen 2" cheaters as well. Mind you I've never looked for them yet.

Could always try cutting one down with a glass cutter and fitting it in.

[dabe]

Thanks for the feedback!

I have found having part of the viewing area without magnification is very handy when welding in uncomfortable places (like under the dash on my 53 truck project) . I am now pretty happy I couldn’t find a larger cheater lens!

[raticus]

I wanted to find one for my cheap, backup non-auto helmet as well (in case the batteries died or something on my Optrel Crystal 2.0 that I usually use, and i wear both glasses and use a strong cheater lens as well (hey, getting old sucks... ya gotta do what ya gotta do!)... but had no luck finding it either. But like said above, a cheater lens is like reading glasses, they only work up close in a small area... so making them larger would make no sense.