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   MikeSmith | Mar 15, 2003 07:56pm | #1

   jon.. i wanted to buy a couple and try them... went to the site and got hopelessly confused as to how to buy one.. if you find a source and a catalogue # , post it ...

   Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
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   vanderpooch | Mar 15, 2003 11:14pm | #2

   mike,

   just paging through my new woodshaft catalog...

   item #128420 dustfoe 88 respirator with 5 filters $30

   page 22.

   http://www.woodcraft.com

   -kit

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   BillHartmann | Mar 15, 2003 11:17pm | #3

   You might check in Knots.

   I know a lot of woodworks use it and like it.

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   KARLSTER | Mar 30, 2003 08:16pm | #4

   I tried Vanderpooch's link and ordered a Dustfoe and replacement for filters. Total came to something like fifty bucks.  I am reasonably satisfied with it but don't see it as being that much better than the 3M N95 masks I have been using at 50cents a piece in bulk.  I am sure I will appreciate its exhaust valve in the hotter summer months and I haven't yet tried it with safety glasses but presume I will have less problems with them fogging. 

   After dry grinding out a stone countertop sink hole I found a nasty film of dust over the surface of the dustfoe filter so I can clearly see it is doing its job.

   I am curious if anyone else is questioning the initial purchase price and $2/filter vs disposable N95's at 50cents/each.

   My supplier just told me that 3M has redirected all their current production of N95 masks to China to meet the demand created by this new flu virus killing people over there.  It sounds like the local supply could get temporarily scarce but it is hard to imagine.  Then again with the size of the chinese population who knows?

   Karl

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   jonblakemore | Mar 30, 2003 09:37pm | #5

   Karl,

   I don't know about you, but I can never get the cheap paper masks to seal well at the nose.  Maybe my shape is funny, but I always have this problem.  The fogging problem is very great, as I have all the air being blown right at the glasses.  I was considering the dustfoe because I would think the seal and fit could be better than the cheap ones, while not being as cumbersome and heavy as the canister type masks.

   How light and comfortable did you find the dustfoe to be?

   Jon Blakemore

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   KARLSTER | Mar 31, 2003 12:07am | #6

   Jon, It is NOT remarkably light and comfortable but definitely better than my organic vapor respirator with the cannisters on the front.  Paper masks are far lighter, more compact and cheaper but if the exhale/exhaust valve keeps my humid breath from fogging safety glasses then it is a better mask than the disposables.

   I personally think the reviewer in fine homebuilding was a bit more enthusiastic than I would have been writing the review

   When it comes to safety, especially things that don't heal well like silica damaged lungs, I have no regrets about spending fifty bucks on an experiment.  Give it a try, I will continue to use my dustfoe and may learn to love it.

   Karl

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   MikeSmith | Mar 31, 2003 02:37am | #7

   i got two in the mail last week.. i think they will see alot of use.. and are superior to what usually gets used.. our canister masks almost never get used.. too bulky , hot and fog up the glasses..

    the little disposable masks have too much bypass.. they never fit well

   these dustfoes  seem  like the answer... i'll let you know after our next cellulose insulation installMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore