Speedglass min. temp.

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I have a '98 model speedglass helmet and it says the minimum temperature it can be used in is 23 degrees F. There are times I need to use it for long periods of time in temps  slightly under 23 F. What should I do? Should I gamble with it? What do you folks do?
Reply:Originally Posted by BrianstickI have a '98 model speedglass helmet and it says the minimum temperature it can be used in is 23 degrees F. There are times I need to use it for long periods of time in temps  slightly under 23 F. What should I do? Should I gamble with it? What do you folks do?
Reply:Get a standard shade helmet for those times that you need one when its that cold out!Personally, I have a tendency to hibernate when it gets near single digits out there!Ken.#1. If you don't like what I wrote, or if it offends you, then don't read it!#2. I am living life the way I see fit, if you don't like the way I'M living, tough sh**!
Reply:I believe that if it's too cold to work properly, it will stay in the 'fail' mode and not get light. Mine has an "Off", "On-light" and "On-dark" and I think the fail mode = "Off", about shade 5? but am not sure.
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Reply:I've used my speedglas in temp of 10 below with no problems at all. Have a friend welding on the North Slope that says he used his at 40 below and the only thing it did was change slow. He used it anyway without problems. I think I would have went with a fixed shade lens at  those temps.
Reply:I'm pretty sure that temperature will only affect the speed at which the lens darkens.  I used my cheap auto darkening helmet the other day in 5 degrees Fahrenheit and it may change a bit slower but it still works good.  At least on mine the UV filtering is independent of the darkening so there is no chance of damaging my eyes, even if it fails to darken.