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Over the years I have had a difficult time justifying buying gas mask and other biological and chemical survival gear.
The nearest chemical plants are about 100 miles south of my location.
The nearest biological and chemical warfare targets are between 2 - 5 hours drive north and south, which are houston to the south, and dallas to the north.
If I lived in a large metropolitan area with chemical plants, or if I lived in a location that was a good target for some kind of biological or chemical attack, then maybe I would buy some of the gear.
So I am kinda on the fence as to buying a good quality gas mask. If anything, maybe a gas mask would help if there was an outbreak of an airborne infection.
I am looking at some of the Israeli M15 military gas mask that will fit a nato filter, but I do not want to buy something that has been sitting in a warehouse for 20 years and dry rotted around the seals.
But where do you draw the line on biological protection? I have a case of N95 (the case has not been opened) facemask for airborne infections. A military grade gas would offer much better protection then the N95. If anything, maybe I should buy 1 or 2 M40 mask?
The M17 seems to be about half the price as an M40. So would the M17 be a better buy over the M40?
The nearest chemical plants are about 100 miles south of my location.
The nearest biological and chemical warfare targets are between 2 - 5 hours drive north and south, which are houston to the south, and dallas to the north.
If I lived in a large metropolitan area with chemical plants, or if I lived in a location that was a good target for some kind of biological or chemical attack, then maybe I would buy some of the gear.
So I am kinda on the fence as to buying a good quality gas mask. If anything, maybe a gas mask would help if there was an outbreak of an airborne infection.
I am looking at some of the Israeli M15 military gas mask that will fit a nato filter, but I do not want to buy something that has been sitting in a warehouse for 20 years and dry rotted around the seals.
But where do you draw the line on biological protection? I have a case of N95 (the case has not been opened) facemask for airborne infections. A military grade gas would offer much better protection then the N95. If anything, maybe I should buy 1 or 2 M40 mask?
The M17 seems to be about half the price as an M40. So would the M17 be a better buy over the M40?