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Triton Air Shield?
I have an opportunity to purchase one at a reasonable price are they worth
it? Do they fog up when being used. Can you wear regular glasses underneath the helmet. Please give me some feed back-they are not cheap. |
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I bought one, tried it and didn't like it, kept the dust out but found it
very heavy and uncomfortable. also, filter tended to require a lot of cleaning. I went back to a facemask with disposable cartridges (actually I don't dispose of them, I vacuum them out.) Others may like the Triton, I didn't. Ensure that you buy from a company that has a good return policy. -- Bill Gooch Mayor North Grenville Kemptville, ON. www.northgrenville.on.ca "Harry Curley" wrote in message ... I have an opportunity to purchase one at a reasonable price are they worth it? Do they fog up when being used. Can you wear regular glasses underneath the helmet. Please give me some feed back-they are not cheap. |
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Yes you can, and I do, wear glasses under it. Does a fine job of
filtering once it is fitted properly. It is heavier than the 3M I had but not as noisey. I like mine but sometimes when I pick up the 3M I kinda wonder ....Darryl |
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I have one and it works....I've never found cleaning of the primary
filter a problem (that's what it is there for after all). I do find it heavy, however, it is so effective at keeping dust from your eyes and lungs I find it an excellent product in that regard. It will only fog up if you forget to turn on the power! The air is usually cooler than your skin under the hood so it feels quite comfortable. Battery life seems quite good following a recharge. I do find minor distortion through the visor. They revised the hose to a much lighter, more flexible material (I found the old hose actually pushed the helmet forward on my head). I have a folded towel inside the helmet to raise it higher on my head as there is no adjustment for that. Finally, you may find you hit the helmet on things when you bend forward and after having it on for a while you may even try to blow dust away from something with teh visor still down! Alan On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 14:34:41 -0700, "Harry Curley" wrote: I have an opportunity to purchase one at a reasonable price are they worth it? Do they fog up when being used. Can you wear regular glasses underneath the helmet. Please give me some feed back-they are not cheap. |
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"Harry Curley" wrote: I have an opportunity to purchase one at a reasonable price are they worth it? Do they fog up when being used. Can you wear regular glasses underneath the helmet. Please give me some feed back-they are not cheap. Ran across a review of them vrs the Trend, (http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/pages/w00149.asp ) the reviewer thought the Trend was better. It was good enough for me (well, I played with a Trend also), so I ordered the Trend -- -------------------------------------------------------- Personal e-mail is the n7bsn but at amsat.org This posting address is a spam-trap and seldom read RV and Camping FAQ can be found at http://www.ralphandellen.us/rv |
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Your experience mirrors mine other than I haven't noticed any image
distortion through the visor and I find the helmet adjustments OK for my head. One thing I like about it is the provision of a hard hat when turning since being conked in the head by a flying blank is not unheard of. billh "Alan" wrote in message ... I have one and it works....I've never found cleaning of the primary filter a problem (that's what it is there for after all). I do find it heavy, however, it is so effective at keeping dust from your eyes and lungs I find it an excellent product in that regard. It will only fog up if you forget to turn on the power! The air is usually cooler than your skin under the hood so it feels quite comfortable. Battery life seems quite good following a recharge. I do find minor distortion through the visor. They revised the hose to a much lighter, more flexible material (I found the old hose actually pushed the helmet forward on my head). I have a folded towel inside the helmet to raise it higher on my head as there is no adjustment for that. Finally, you may find you hit the helmet on things when you bend forward and after having it on for a while you may even try to blow dust away from something with teh visor still down! Alan On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 14:34:41 -0700, "Harry Curley" wrote: I have an opportunity to purchase one at a reasonable price are they worth it? Do they fog up when being used. Can you wear regular glasses underneath the helmet. Please give me some feed back-they are not cheap. |
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Triton Air Shield?
I purchase one, and used it 5 times and it is starting to fall apart.
Walter H. Klaus "Harry Curley" wrote in message ... I have an opportunity to purchase one at a reasonable price are they worth it? Do they fog up when being used. Can you wear regular glasses underneath the helmet. Please give me some feed back-they are not cheap. |
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Triton Air Shield?
Correction, My face shield is a Trend and not Triton.
Walter H. Klaus "Alan" wrote in message ... I have one and it works....I've never found cleaning of the primary filter a problem (that's what it is there for after all). I do find it heavy, however, it is so effective at keeping dust from your eyes and lungs I find it an excellent product in that regard. It will only fog up if you forget to turn on the power! The air is usually cooler than your skin under the hood so it feels quite comfortable. Battery life seems quite good following a recharge. I do find minor distortion through the visor. They revised the hose to a much lighter, more flexible material (I found the old hose actually pushed the helmet forward on my head). I have a folded towel inside the helmet to raise it higher on my head as there is no adjustment for that. Finally, you may find you hit the helmet on things when you bend forward and after having it on for a while you may even try to blow dust away from something with teh visor still down! Alan On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 14:34:41 -0700, "Harry Curley" wrote: I have an opportunity to purchase one at a reasonable price are they worth it? Do they fog up when being used. Can you wear regular glasses underneath the helmet. Please give me some feed back-they are not cheap. |
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Triton Air Shield?
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"Walter H. Klaus" wrote: Correction, My face shield is a Trend and not Triton. .. While my Trend is holding up well -- -------------------------------------------------------- Personal e-mail is the n7bsn but at amsat.org This posting address is a spam-trap and seldom read RV and Camping FAQ can be found at http://www.ralphandellen.us/rv |
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