Some of you may blast outdoors, and ran acrosst the problem of needing a hood, to protect your face. If you have a welding helmet already, its easy to remove the colored lense(keep in the clear ones) and just tape a bath towel around the back edges. Its cheap and works better than some of the fancy store bought ones. I have one of the fancy ones too, but it always fogs up inside, and you can't see.