It’s been over a year since I showed you the first version of the Special Operations Tactical Respirator, but they are now starting to ship.
Since then, they’ve enlarged the replaceable filter with a larger version which offers more volume which subsequently makes it easier to breathe, particularly while under stress.
The SOTR comes from technology created for use in the F-35 Lightning II Program, this half-mask respirator provides protection against a wide range of oil and non-oil based particulate contaminants encountered by Special Operations Forces, tactical operators or specialized law enforcement officers.
The half-mask respirator filter offers at least 99.7% filtration efficiency against airborne particulates including lead, asbestos, lubricant mist, and explosive gunfire residue.
Whether you are riding a quad in the desert, training in a shoothouse or dealing with evidence collection in a clandestine drug lab, you need to protect your respiratory tract. SOTR is something you should check out.
Available now from www.ops-core.com.
Who makes the goggle kit?
Ops-Core Makes the Goggle kit…its called the Step In Visor…they have it at the booth
Does the filter provide protection against respirable crystalline silica?
N95 is needed according to OSHA. An N95 is essentially the lowest level of particulate respirator you can wear so I would assume this would protect against Crystalline Silica.
Ops-Core does not show any NIOSH approval or what oil level it does protect against, they just list the 99.7% efficiency against particulates. Depending on use and employer requirements, NIOSH approval is kind of mandatory.
https://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/data_General_Facts/crystalline-factsheet.pdf
The NIOSH Pocket Guide shows a bit better info with a PAPR and even SAR required for higher levels of silica.
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgd0684.html
You want to use this for industrial wear?
We often encounter it in the Fire service during auto extrication while taking windshields and any other type of laminate glass.
Gotcha. I’m going to get you an answer
If you are getting a face full of glass dust I would recommend nothing less than a full face respirator
I believe that is desert sand in layman’s terms?
Yes. The Special Operations Tactical Respirator (SOTR) is designed and tested to meet P100 standards which include oil contaminants and filtering of 99.97% of particles down to .3 micron in size. No problem with crystalline silica.