Review on Antra True Color Wide Shade Range 4/5-13 Auto Darkening Welding Helmet AH6-260-001X for TIG MIG/MAG MMA Plasma Grinding, Solar-Lithium Dual Power, 6+1 Extra Lens Covers by Alex Jones

This helmet looks and feels good. Unfortunately, it started flashing when I first used it. I turned on the delay but no change. I figured maybe the overhead light flickering had triggered them somehow, but after trying incandescent, fluorescent, and LED bulbs, I couldn't see any improvement. I thought I could hide the sensors but I couldn't remember them. I bought this item a few months ago and haven't even had the chance to take it out of the box so thought maybe the batteries were dead, but a fresh pair of CR2032's measuring full voltage doesn't have them at all Fixed, I'm still getting random flashes anywhere from a few seconds to a minute. After reading on the Internet, I found recommendations to leave helmets with "solar panels" in the sun for several hours to charge. Although this clearly uses batteries, at least to back up the solar array, I gave it a try. Bad luck. I've noticed that even with fresh batteries, as shown in the instructions, if I hold down the battery button it goes dark, but if I hold my hand partially over the solar panel at the same time, it dies. As if the batteries were completely useless. I'm so frustrated and partially blinded that I wish I'd just bought a model that wasn't "auto dimming". I'm always open to suggestions, but I'm leaving 1 star until I've completed a weld with this helmet.