Buy the best you can afford. How much welding you gonna do? If its a one off try borrowing a hand held one. I find my flip up mask a pain as you are wasting time lifting it up and down then it slips off my head(usually wear on old beanie hat when welding). If I had the spare cash I would go for the auto type mask. I prefer my hand held one.
 
i have a speedglass 9100xx (the one with the bigger screen) not cheap but worth every penny. i had a cheap auto mask before and it was a wast of time.
 
i got one of them 30 quid autos off ebay - before that i had a flip down machine mart one ....

its like night and day literally - maybe a good flip down would be different but the 30 quid auto made a huge difference to my welding - all be it ive ony been welding for a month or so.

i do have a hand held as well though as above in tight spaces the auto doesnt always fit -got it free with my welder - was handy today repairing a wheel arch on a trailer.

if my auto broke or i thought it wasnt working well - id be away buying a good quality tomorrow .... i aint an old salt so anything that makes it easier for me is a godsend.

just my experiance - but as i said above - only been welding a month so take with a pinch of salt !
 
I have 2 I use. Both are industrial from an engineering company so they're top quality. One is had held and the other is an auto dimming one. I mainly use the dimming one but I always end up taking it off anyway. I'd say for a learner use a dimming one so you have both hands free. My dimming one is top notch and it goes from literally like a window to pitch black instantly.
 
i hope it does otherwise its going back ,,,, aparantly its just some scratch on the headset... yep the hard bit learning how to use the ficking thing
 
look on youtube - some good vids - welding tips and tricks iirc

also check out mig-welding.co.uk

get some decent scrap to work on

biggest factor for me has been prep work , welding seems to be 85% prep/fabricating 15% welding skill ....

cut it , shape it , flapper wheel/grind the edge of both sides of the joint.

the actual welding was caker compared to all that ! - first job i did my prep work was pish because i wanted it done and light was fading - and id cut the floor out my landy ;) - end result was i ended up redoing it the next day propper

yesterday i spent more time prepping the metal with the grinder , getting rid of old weld , and clamping it up good and propper
 
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