Day in and day out my family is supported by my fiber metal pipe liner. Switch out to a decent gold lens and start welding. Most comfortable hood I've worn and nothing to go wrong.
I asked the very question on quite a few different sites. The FibreMetal Pipeliner is one of the most common responses. So, thats what I went with.
FibreMetal pipliner hood ($45 from zoro)
Sellstrom front flip ($18 from amazon)
Forney Gold 10 ($6 from amazon)
ArcOne Tradesman auto darkening lens ($48 from amazon warehousedeals)
I had to shave the slot to fit the ArcOne lens in.