Questions and Answers for Parcil Safety Full Face Organic Vapor Respirator and Gas Mask with 2 Threaded P-A-1 Replacement Filters

A:  I am a consumer. I suggest looking to the product instructions and cross reference to MSDS sheets for the herbicide you plan to use.

A:  Yes 

A:  I used to use full face respirators and teach OSHA training (respirator, enclosed space, etc). The "official" answer is, "Absoliutely not. You need to shave your entire face." Try it, if you fit test it and it works, NP. If not try Vaseline, it works.

A:  This does not have an exhalation filter. However, some medical professionals will rubber band surgeon masks over the valve to help filter out exhaled air.

A:  THis product is listed as sold by a US company but doesn't meet any U.S. standards or certifications. EN 14287:2004+A1:2008 ASTM E2952-17 is a smoke escape certification and the others don't seem to apply to any application described on this product pag

A:  Parcil Safety respirators are tested to ASTM E2952-17 and CE EN 136:1998 (CNAS L1499) standards. The filters are also tested to EN 14287:2004+A1:2008.

A:  Yes! All Parcil Safety Respirators come with a set of filters with them. This model comes with a particulate and organic vapor filter set.

A:  It is unclear what the included filters are intended to protect from. This product is listed as sold by a US company but doesn't meet any U.S. standards or certifications. EN 14287:2004+A1:2008 ASTM E2952-17 is a smoke escape certification

A:  The filters take a proprietary thread which only takes P-A-1 filter designs. However, you can remove the threaded adapter to expose the bayonet style attachement - then any bayonet style filter can attach to the mask.