brad wrote:
: I see that this month's Wood Magazine did a little "mini-roundup" of
: three different brands of these units: the "Aircap 2" ($170), the
: "Trend Airshield" ($275) and the Triton ($270). This was not really a
: detailed rating thing but a quick paragraph on the editor's
: impressions of each one. They seemed to like the triton the best of
: the three but downgraded it because the hose linking the belt-mounted
: filter to the helmet was stiff and interfered with head movement.
: However, they also reported that a "Triton spokesman" said a new more
: supple hose will solve this problem on future hoods.

Are any of these units NIOSH rated? If not, you should look closely a
the (NIOSH rated) 3M units.


-- Andy Barss