#airboss lbm

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Airboss Low Burden Mask + Blauer XRT Ensemble

Photos by @mou1age

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Kokatat All-Purpose Personal Protective Ensemble (AP-PPE) Training Overgarment w/ Extended Hood

Pretty much a plastic-lined sauna suit intended to simulate the heat stress of full CBRN kit. The actual AP-PPE are made of GORE Chempak and are significantly more breathable.

Been noticing these training suits start to become more prevalent on the surplus market, mostly in massive sizes. @mou1age and I already own a couple AP-PPE Training Suits, but one is the Collar/Separate Hood version intended for the M45/M53 Masks, and the other is a USCG Blue Extended Hood version that's too small for me, so I wanted to grab another extended hood version for myself.

I promise you I'm not fat, this thing is just baggy on me lmao

My favorite part about the extended hood AP-PPE is how the hood has a massive roll-up opening in the back to let you put on the mask after putting on the suit.

Only downside is the massive roll of material on the back of your head kinda makes it hard to wear with helmets. Oh well.

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So we went and bought an Airboss LBM for myself...

Turns out I fit a size XL almost perfectly Why must my head be so big lmao

Waiting on a tinted outsert and optical inserts for it I'm unironically going to make this my personal mask I don't think any other current gen mask I own fits me this comfortably and also is factory new, NIOSH-approved, and within warranty

I know my last post about the Airboss LBM was highly critical, but I've since had a change of heart - ignoring the fact there's no surplus market for these to give us deals as good as we get with the Avon 50 series, these masks do a lot of things right in my book

I hope these 2024-dated examples leaking onto the market are indicative of a wider retail presence to come in the future