tashammer
3rd October 2006, 11:28 PM
I am curious regarding breathing gear and what you stick on yer face.
If you had a choice would you prefer to cover:
1. head - hood or helmet
2. nose
3. mouth
4. nose and mouth
or would you like to wear
5 in nose - as in CPAP pillows, little soft neoprene things
6. in mouth - like schnorkel but, maybe lighter.
7. and pick own type of face mask.
and has any manufacturer ever bothered asking?
There is no over head gear that fits me (stop yer laughing i said) and the ones that seal around the rim often feel i am in a coffin, as i was saying to one young feller the other day, and looking through a window.
So would you be happier with a light mask that sealed (that puts bearded blokes out of the picture (that means me) or would you be accepting something that you could lightly wear in your nostrils and/or mouth? with ahose running down to a light weight HEPA filter fan/battery pack or would you like to have a separate fan and battery pack.
As far as the power went would batteries be enough or would you want recharging capability and/or mains attachment say when you were standing or sitting in one place for a while?
Ideally what would suit?
You may ask why i am asking. Go one then.
Glad you asked. I have severe breathing problems and for the life of me i cannot find a damn thing that will do the job i want it too. Nothing seems to be aimed at minimal inconvenience and/or it looks like something from Star Wars. Other things look like they would be very useful in a major biowarfare situation.
All i want/need - ideally a new lung would be handy but, failing that, something light, that seals, that causes minimum intrusion, is soft, comfortable and doesn't gouge, provides powered positive airflow (i cannot use respirators that rely on the user having 2 good lungs), something that has a hose that runs down to a battery/fan pack that sucks air in THROUGH the HEPA filter, that has a pre-filter filter. A hose that can go over my shoulder and down to my waist (well, where i ought to have a waist, sigh) without catching in anything. Oh, doesn't have something that weighs a ton on my head and that i keep wondering if it will slide off.
Ideas?
If you had a choice would you prefer to cover:
1. head - hood or helmet
2. nose
3. mouth
4. nose and mouth
or would you like to wear
5 in nose - as in CPAP pillows, little soft neoprene things
6. in mouth - like schnorkel but, maybe lighter.
7. and pick own type of face mask.
and has any manufacturer ever bothered asking?
There is no over head gear that fits me (stop yer laughing i said) and the ones that seal around the rim often feel i am in a coffin, as i was saying to one young feller the other day, and looking through a window.
So would you be happier with a light mask that sealed (that puts bearded blokes out of the picture (that means me) or would you be accepting something that you could lightly wear in your nostrils and/or mouth? with ahose running down to a light weight HEPA filter fan/battery pack or would you like to have a separate fan and battery pack.
As far as the power went would batteries be enough or would you want recharging capability and/or mains attachment say when you were standing or sitting in one place for a while?
Ideally what would suit?
You may ask why i am asking. Go one then.
Glad you asked. I have severe breathing problems and for the life of me i cannot find a damn thing that will do the job i want it too. Nothing seems to be aimed at minimal inconvenience and/or it looks like something from Star Wars. Other things look like they would be very useful in a major biowarfare situation.
All i want/need - ideally a new lung would be handy but, failing that, something light, that seals, that causes minimum intrusion, is soft, comfortable and doesn't gouge, provides powered positive airflow (i cannot use respirators that rely on the user having 2 good lungs), something that has a hose that runs down to a battery/fan pack that sucks air in THROUGH the HEPA filter, that has a pre-filter filter. A hose that can go over my shoulder and down to my waist (well, where i ought to have a waist, sigh) without catching in anything. Oh, doesn't have something that weighs a ton on my head and that i keep wondering if it will slide off.
Ideas?