Gougers hit the N99 Mask Market

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  1. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Metal weldin' monkey

    Tully Mars, Jan 27, 2020
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  2. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Metal weldin' monkey

    Something to mention about the above masks for all you Grizzly Adams types. You will not get a good seal with a beard. Facial hair if not completely shaved needs to be kept really short. Adding a thin layer of vaseline along the sealing area will help to get a positive seal with a short cropped beard.
     
    Tully Mars, Jan 27, 2020
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  3. VisuTrac

    VisuTrac Ваша мать носит военные ботинки Site Supporter+++

    By the time people living in hot zones start using the masks .. they have probably been exposed.
    I'd think it would be more effective if you were forced to travel through or to the hotzone that your odds of donning the mask would be in your favor.
     
    VisuTrac, Jan 27, 2020
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  4. wideym

    wideym Monkey+++

    Exactly! Most people think surgical type masks will protect them when it's just the opposite, it protects others from you.
    Years ago when people were in a panic about weaponized anthrax powder, the surplus store I worked at sold out of all the Warsaw Pact surplus gas masks even though I told them that the mask only works if you are wearing it before you are exposed and if the filter was serviceable.
     
    wideym, Jan 27, 2020
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  5. Ura-Ki

    Ura-Ki Grampa Monkey

    Just got back from my local "Tactical/Medical" Supply outlet and scored several good NBC grade full face masks and spare filters!
    Nice thing about that shop, it's mostly for LEO/EMT's and Mil folks, not a lot of "Street" folks, so their prices are still reasonable!

    Stocked up on supplies for my M-5 Medical pack while there, needed to re fresh my stocks and rotate older/expired to my back up kit! Also added several quarts of distilled water pouches while the getting was still good!
     
    Ura-Ki, Jan 27, 2020
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  6. sec_monkey

    sec_monkey SM Security Administrator

    @Ura-Ki (y) (y)

    do they gots a website?
     
    sec_monkey, Jan 27, 2020
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  7. HK_User

    HK_User A Productive Monkey is a Happy Monkey

    All things being considered in our life right now.
    We will lock the gate and go hermit.
     
    HK_User, Jan 27, 2020
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  8. BTPost

    BTPost Stumpy Old Fart,Deadman Walking, Snow Monkey Moderator

    We will keep strangers and the Mailplane Pilot at arms length, and wash and disinfect
    our hands thoroughly before and after sorting the mail....
     
    BTPost, Jan 27, 2020
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  9. Ura-Ki

    Ura-Ki Grampa Monkey

    They do, but it doesn't include the in store stock or deals the owners always bring in!
    Greystone Tactical-US-OR
     
    Ura-Ki, Jan 27, 2020
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  10. mysterymet

    mysterymet Monkey+++

    My mask is a scott (now owned by 3M). It is a mask for an SCBA that I got from work for being on the fire brigade at the plant. I’ve work the 3m full face before with the .mil in empty, cleaned out fuel tanks and stuff. I recommend 3M stuff. MSA stuff is also good.

    Northernsafety.com

    Regular people seem to be cleaning them out of disposable masks but they stuff had decent full face respirators at good prices last I checked. cartridge filters too.
     
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    mysterymet, Jan 27, 2020
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  11. Gator 45/70

    Gator 45/70 Monkey+++

    Gator 45/70, Jan 27, 2020
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  12. Wildbilly

    Wildbilly Monkey+++

    During the 1918 Flu Pandemic some towns tried to establish quarantines, but they all failed because they all made exceptions for the US Mail.
     
    Wildbilly, Jan 27, 2020
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  13. sec_monkey

    sec_monkey SM Security Administrator



    the MSA Millennium is arguably one of the best masks on that site, they are "like new" at $129.99 or $116.99 each.

    retail is $449.99 to $540 [ YMMV ] or so per mask

    ya may have to buy several parts kits to repair/refurbish them properly

    again YMMV
     
    sec_monkey, Jan 27, 2020
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  14. techsar

    techsar Monkey+++

    Also make certain there is no cracking or other deterioration...to include the exhalation disk.
     
    techsar, Jan 27, 2020
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  15. Oltymer

    Oltymer Monkey++

    I remember Kurt Saxon writing about becoming a "Disaster Profiteer", and those who are ready will sell to those who aren't - at a profit of course!
     
    Oltymer, Jan 27, 2020
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  16. HK_User

    HK_User A Productive Monkey is a Happy Monkey

    Fact.
     
    HK_User, Jan 28, 2020
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  17. HK_User

    HK_User A Productive Monkey is a Happy Monkey

    Feed back is not good.
     
    HK_User, Jan 28, 2020
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  18. BTPost

    BTPost Stumpy Old Fart,Deadman Walking, Snow Monkey Moderator

    It is like selling Generators before Y2K, and then buying them back, six months later for pennies on the Dollar.... Same things happens every time a Hurricane is headed at the USA... or a Snow & Ice Storm is forecast and people clear the shelves of Big Box Stores of Generators, and then the next summer there are a ton of barely used gensets on CraigList for sale cheap...
     
    BTPost, Jan 28, 2020
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  19. franks71vw

    franks71vw Monkey+++

    Yup, currently on the search for uber quiet 10kw unit for a friend.
     
    franks71vw, Feb 12, 2020
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  20. BTPost

    BTPost Stumpy Old Fart,Deadman Walking, Snow Monkey Moderator

    Find a nice Onan J Series liquid Cooled and install a Hospital Grade Exhaust system... Or look around for a 900 RPM Lister, and us a belt & Pully tospeed up the Rpms to 1200 for the Genend...
     
    BTPost, Feb 12, 2020
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