Re: Powered Respirator
- From: Alan <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 08:52:18 +1000
Sounds like the guy may have made the unit up from parts. The bright
orange colour is a good indication it is a Triton. Ideal if you want
someone to locate you...just look for the spaceman with the orange
helmet! If correctly assembled and used the face cannot become
covered with shavings (though you do need to remember to close the
faceshield). The outside filter is merely to remove large
contaminents, such as the fur from Banksia pods. Fines that get
through that are caught by the two cartridge filters (the same ones
used in cartridge masks).
Having fresh, clean air moving through teh mask does make it more
comfortable than a rubber mask (I have one I use sometimes as well).
One caution about the Triton if you had a curry for lunch and go out
to continue turning. The air inlet attached to the belt should not
be hanging at the base of your spine should you experience any
flatulance....think about where it ends up!
Safe turning,
Alan
<noneofyer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:04:18 +1000, Alan <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I have a Triton and I find the suggestion that these may be regarded
as a gimmick rather foolish (unless the comment was not meant to
include such items). From my experience, their operation is excellent
(though they are on the heavier side since they also incorporate a
hard hat, ear muffs and a strong shield). I find it far more
comfortable than a cartridge filter mask as the fresh air keeps the
face cooler, so no sweat building up inside and where the mask and
face touch. The ear mufs are available to use but can be left off the
ears for turning. I use them when Arborteching. The triton shield is
much tougher then the other more compact respirators I have seen, but
that is only going to help you if a large piece of wood heads towards
your head! They redesigned the air hose and connection from the first
model and it is an improvement. It uses dual filtration, an exterior
coarse screen and two internals. The filters are not expensive and
while I don't think they recommend it, it may be possible to insert
chemical filters if you want to for finishing.
Obviously a different product that I saw in action! The system I saw
was basically a little fan in a box that clips to your belt with a
thin foam filter on it, and a bit of tubing that went up to the top of
a regular-looking face sheild. Didn't seem like it was doing much for
the guy using it (his face was covered in dust and he was sneezing as
he told me how nice it was), which is where the gimmick comment came
from- it looked like it was more a way to cool your face off than
anything else. But I suppose if one of those has got all the bells &
whistles and can do the job, I'll have to concede the point. What
you're talking about sounds more like the heavy-duty industrial rigs
I've seen welders using, but I figured that was way too expensive for
most folks who are turning for a couple of hours a day in the garage,
and the OP was referring to one of the little (knockoff?) ones.
Anyhow, I'll withdraw my gimmick comment, as I wasn't aware there was
a different and better style of the things- from the way it sounded,
the guy who showed me the one I saw made it sound like it was top of
the line and state of the art.
But I'll stick with my assertion that the rubber cartidge mask does
the best job, provided you've got modest facial hair.
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