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VEVOR Fume extractor, 180 m³/h, 3-stage filter

A bench extractor with a published airflow — the entry point to not breathing what you weld.

VEVOR Fume extractor, 180 m³/h, 3-stage filter, product photograph

VEVOR Fume extractor, 180 m³/h, 3-stage filter

A bench extractor with a published airflow — the entry point to not breathing what you weld.

Airflow
180 m (591 ft)³/h
Filtration
Three stages
Format
Bench-top with flexible arm
Amazon reference
B0GDMMK42R
EAN
0197988360186
  • A published airflow figure, which many extractor listings omit
  • Three-stage filtration rather than a single element
  • A bench unit only works if the nozzle is within a hand’s width of the arc

Best for: Bench work — small assemblies, TIG, electronics-adjacent soldering and light MIG

≈ $105
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Specifications

Airflow
180 m (591 ft)³/h
Filtration
Three stages
Format
Bench-top with flexible arm
Amazon reference
B0GDMMK42R
EAN
0197988360186

The number that matters is distance

Not airflow. A modest extractor held close beats a powerful one left far away, because capture velocity at the source is what removes the plume before it reaches your face.

Three stages, and what they do

Typically a pre-filter for particles, a HEPA-grade element for fine fume, and activated carbon for gases and odor. The pre-filter is the one that clogs; keeping it clean is what preserves the expensive element behind it.

Sources

Every figure above comes from the manufacturer’s published specification for this reference. Fields the listing does not publish are left out rather than estimated. Market availability was verified per market on the EAN.

The questions welders ask

How close does the nozzle have to be?

Very. Extraction efficiency falls roughly with the square of the distance, so a nozzle 100 mm (3.94 in) from the arc captures most of the plume and the same nozzle at 400 mm (15.7 in) captures almost none. The discipline is moving the arm with the work, every time — an extractor parked at the back of the bench is decoration.

Is a bench extractor enough on its own?

For small, seated work, largely. For anything bigger it should be one part of an arrangement that includes ventilation and position — welding upwind of yourself, with a door open. Welding fume was classified as a Group 1 carcinogen by the IARC in 2017, mild steel included, and the honest answer is that no single device makes it safe.

Welders this fits

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  • Helucidy three-layer fume extractor with its H13 filter and capture hood

    Helucidy JJ-1001

    The only extractor in this hub, either half, that publishes a filter class — and the only one that grades its carbon by iodine value.

    Amazon reference
    B0GCH96T9Q
    EAN
    0792105532370
    • Publishes a filter class — H13 HEPA — which no other extractor in this hub states
    • Grades its carbon filter by iodine value, 800 to 1000 mg/g, which is how adsorption capacity is actually specified
    • The highest price in the American half of this hub, for a bench unit rather than an arm

    Best for: Bench work where the fume is fine particulate and the filter grade has to be known, not assumed

    ≈ $300
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  • ToolBud bench solder fume absorber with its magnetic side flaps fitted

    ToolBud TB-SAS-DY-01

    The least expensive thing on this site that puts anything at all between you and what you are breathing — and it publishes no figure of any kind.

    Amazon reference
    B0DZXFJL51
    EAN
    0795847211893
    • Removable magnetic side flaps, which widen the capture area rather than relying on a single opening
    • Two carbon filters in the box, so the first change does not need an order
    • No airflow figure, no filter class, no motor power and no dimensions published anywhere

    Best for: A bench where the alternative is nothing at all, and the nozzle can sit a hand’s width from the work

    ≈ $31
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  • VEVOR wheeled three-stage fume extractor with a flexible capture hose

    VEVOR Solder fume extractor, 280 m³/h

    The only extractor on this shelf that publishes its filter AREA and warns you when it is blocked — on a listing that calls an 11 by 17 inch box the size of a sheet of A4.

    Amazon reference
    B0D1TSZQKK
    EAN
    0197988249801
    • Publishes its airflow in both units — 165 CFM and 280 m (919 ft)³/h — and its motor rating, 150 W brushless
    • Publishes the filter AREA, 2.1 m (7 ft)² pleated, which no other extractor on this shelf does
    • No filter class published — three stages are named, none of them graded

    Best for: A bench that moves around a workshop, where the arm has to follow the work on wheels

    ≈ $270
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Elsewhere in the workroom

  • WELDINGER PRO brass regulator, product photograph

    WELDINGER PRO brass regulator

    A brass body rather than a zinc casting — the material that decides whether a regulator survives a decade.

    Body
    Brass
    Gases
    Argon and CO₂, refillable cylinders
    Amazon reference
    B07T7GJDWS
    EAN
    4251314274977
    • A brass body resists corrosion and creep better than zinc alloy castings
    • Named for refillable cylinders, which is what a workshop actually uses
    • Verified on the German and Spanish stores only at the time of checking

    Best for: A regulator meant to outlast several machines

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  • WELDINGER Vice 100 mm for System 16 welding tables, product photograph

    WELDINGER Vice 100 mm for System 16 welding tables

    A vice that drops into a 16 mm (0.63 in) fixture-table hole — clamping where the work is, not at the bench edge.

    Jaw width
    100 mm (3.94 in)
    Fitment
    System 16 — 16 mm (0.63 to 0.63 in) table holes
    Amazon reference
    B0CQD4ZX3C
    EAN
    4255607911037
    • Mounts anywhere on a fixture table, not just at the edge
    • System 16 is a widespread standard for welding tables
    • Verified on the German store only at the time of checking

    Best for: Owners of a fixture table who need to grip rather than just clamp down

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    WELDINGER WL-15 gold Ø 2.4 × 175 mm, 10 pieces

    Lanthanated tungsten: the modern all-rounder that works on both AC and DC, unlike the old colors.

    Type
    WL-15, lanthanated (gold)
    Diameter
    2.4 mm (0.09 in)
    Length
    175 mm (6.89 in)
    Quantity
    10 pieces
    Amazon reference
    B08WJ3LPHX
    EAN
    4251314269072
    • Works on both AC and DC, so one box covers steel, stainless and aluminum
    • Not radioactive, unlike the thoriated (red) tungstens it replaces
    • Not sold on the American or British stores at the time of checking

    Best for: One tungsten type for a workshop that welds steel one day and aluminum the next

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