Really excellent price and free shipping. A box of ten should be plenty for anyone.
Pack a couple in separate zip-locks for carry so they don't wear through the soft paper packaging as you will carry in your bag for years before needed and change them when they look too battered for use. Use a couple for training, wear for four or five hours nonstop around the house or whilst out to see just how uncomfortable they are, so you are prepared and can imagine how bad it would be come the day. Don't forget to try drinking whilst wearing.
Remember they won't make you invulnerable, they only give limited protection especially if you have stubble or are exercising. Don't forget the eye protection (perhaps swimmers goggles? small and light)
RUN AWAY.
Respirator Advice Please
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the7ps
Re: Respirator Advice Please
Ian, fantastic advice, thanks ever so much. I did cringe a little, visit the store room and do as you said with a few 3m face masks and goggles. I know people may scoff but it all fits in a small bag, in a bag, in the BOB. I am not planning on wading through radioactive dust, just making a bolt as per the advice.
I do have a few CBRN suits, respirators and unwrapped filters with the preps but after what Ian has said Im thinking they may be more useful next halloween more than anything else.
Great advice mate
I do have a few CBRN suits, respirators and unwrapped filters with the preps but after what Ian has said Im thinking they may be more useful next halloween more than anything else.
Great advice mate
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Ian
Re: Respirator Advice Please
Everyone may do as they wish, it is a free country. I only ask that their decision is based on informed facts. I get peeved when someone just 'follows the herd'.
If one wishes to carry a full S10 respirator that is fine provided they understand ALL the pros and cons.
I believe that if you wish to carry something a mask a small foldable is a good general response to the typical big city threat.
But for me, my balance of risk pros and cons comes out at RUN AWAY USING MY HANDKERCHIEF as a filter. I always have one in my pocket and it is immediately available. There again I assess the threats that require that response as vanishingly low. I went to London last Tuesday for the first time in six years or so but I had a foldable in my bag just for that day.
If one wishes to carry a full S10 respirator that is fine provided they understand ALL the pros and cons.
I believe that if you wish to carry something a mask a small foldable is a good general response to the typical big city threat.
But for me, my balance of risk pros and cons comes out at RUN AWAY USING MY HANDKERCHIEF as a filter. I always have one in my pocket and it is immediately available. There again I assess the threats that require that response as vanishingly low. I went to London last Tuesday for the first time in six years or so but I had a foldable in my bag just for that day.
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i have 2 box`s of m3`s ,9915 , are these ok .they don`t have an exhaust valve and are the press over the nose type . if they are the wrong one`s i`ll get the right ones rather than trust to luck .
YES i walked away mid sentence , you were boring me to death and my survival instincts kick in .
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Ian
Re: Respirator Advice Please
You really are unsure, I love the name, it applies to all of us.
Without the exhaust valve you will be breathing in and out through the material, it soon gets wet and uncomfortable.
The 3m 9915 are classed as FFP1 so they are at the lowest end of the EU approval level. Difficult to compare with the US system, probably N90ish
The Wikipedia article is useful:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respirator
What you have are designed for short term use at the low end of exposure. They don't cost much but don't give that much protection, but are you planning on spending some hours in a toxic particle environment anyway?
If you can afford to by all means upgrade to a valved FFP3 mask, but is it necessary?
Without the exhaust valve you will be breathing in and out through the material, it soon gets wet and uncomfortable.
The 3m 9915 are classed as FFP1 so they are at the lowest end of the EU approval level. Difficult to compare with the US system, probably N90ish
The Wikipedia article is useful:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respirator
What you have are designed for short term use at the low end of exposure. They don't cost much but don't give that much protection, but are you planning on spending some hours in a toxic particle environment anyway?
If you can afford to by all means upgrade to a valved FFP3 mask, but is it necessary?
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i wasn`t thinking long term , just long enough for us to leg it [ the wife and myself ]out of harms way , be it dust or anything else .
YES i walked away mid sentence , you were boring me to death and my survival instincts kick in .
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JohnRio
Re: Respirator Advice Please
I've got the Russian GP-5 gas mask, with the full rubber hood. Size 4y (biggest).
I bought it just after 9/11.
Haven't had to use it due to any bad guys doing bad things, but it's been hella useful!
Those DIY type "nose & mouth" type masks never work for me, dust always gets in at the sides of my nose. Maybe I have a big conk, I dunno.
I had a LOT of de-rusting to do on my boat's hull in the years I had it, and not only was there dust from the dirt & rust itself, but also lots of bits of glass fibre. It very quickly became clear that this was going to mess my lungs up somethng awful, so I dug out the old gas mask.
L
I also brought it into play when I had to put out an indoor paper fire with powder extinguisher - between the smoke and the powder in the air I was choking. Popped my GP-5 on, and I was able to continue clear-up in the effected room, even before ventilation cleared the air / the dust settled.
It's been so handy I just bought a bunch of new filters (tenner for 4 off flea-bay) and I'm thinking of getting a spare mask or two for friends in case of SHTF. They're cheap, and light - the filter's the heaviest part.
I bought it just after 9/11.
Haven't had to use it due to any bad guys doing bad things, but it's been hella useful!
Those DIY type "nose & mouth" type masks never work for me, dust always gets in at the sides of my nose. Maybe I have a big conk, I dunno.
I had a LOT of de-rusting to do on my boat's hull in the years I had it, and not only was there dust from the dirt & rust itself, but also lots of bits of glass fibre. It very quickly became clear that this was going to mess my lungs up somethng awful, so I dug out the old gas mask.
L
I also brought it into play when I had to put out an indoor paper fire with powder extinguisher - between the smoke and the powder in the air I was choking. Popped my GP-5 on, and I was able to continue clear-up in the effected room, even before ventilation cleared the air / the dust settled.
It's been so handy I just bought a bunch of new filters (tenner for 4 off flea-bay) and I'm thinking of getting a spare mask or two for friends in case of SHTF. They're cheap, and light - the filter's the heaviest part.
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sniperben
Re: Respirator Advice Please
Nice one JohnRio
I have my old S10 from the army but was looking for something else for myself (i sport a beard these days and the S10 does not get on with it.
I shall have a look at the GP-5
I have my old S10 from the army but was looking for something else for myself (i sport a beard these days and the S10 does not get on with it.
I shall have a look at the GP-5
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Attack Warning Red
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sniperben - if you try and wear a respirator with a beard, you might as well not bother wearing a respirator... 
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sniperben
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Rgr i am aware of that. Hence looking for a full hood version. Even clean shaved i can remember the S10 letting in CS gas and the cannister changing drill is no fun!Attack Warning Red wrote:sniperben - if you try and wear a respirator with a beard, you might as well not bother wearing a respirator...
