So for laughs, sometimes I'll go on youtube and look at the hardcore prepper's videos. One thing that seriously cracks me up, and if you're one of them, I apologize, is I see a lot of people with gas masks.
Laughably, the large majority of the ones I see have the filter(canister) attached. If you have a gas mask, OK way to be proactive. . . however, these canisters come in a sealed container. It's about the circumference of a coffee can, just about half as tall. Once opened, and the filter removed, that canister only has about 6 to 8 hours (IIRC) of "filtering ability" if you will, until it is " no good" in a no **** chemical environment.
Which as stated above, is humorous, because a lot of preppers have gas masks with the filter installed and think that their going to live wile everyone else dies in some sort of a chemical environment situation
In sum:
If you have a gas mask in your survival stash, right on. I guess you can never be too prepared, however, if you do buy a sealed canister don't open it until something happens.
Also, if you go to a surplus store, and their selling the canister itself, do NOT buy it.
For Reference:
This is the canister(filter) (with a thread protector)
This is what the sealed container looks like
Laughably, the large majority of the ones I see have the filter(canister) attached. If you have a gas mask, OK way to be proactive. . . however, these canisters come in a sealed container. It's about the circumference of a coffee can, just about half as tall. Once opened, and the filter removed, that canister only has about 6 to 8 hours (IIRC) of "filtering ability" if you will, until it is " no good" in a no **** chemical environment.
Which as stated above, is humorous, because a lot of preppers have gas masks with the filter installed and think that their going to live wile everyone else dies in some sort of a chemical environment situation
In sum:
If you have a gas mask in your survival stash, right on. I guess you can never be too prepared, however, if you do buy a sealed canister don't open it until something happens.
Also, if you go to a surplus store, and their selling the canister itself, do NOT buy it.
For Reference:
This is the canister(filter) (with a thread protector)
This is what the sealed container looks like
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