Hey guys, how is it going? Thanks for tuning in. What you’re looking at right now is an M15 Israeli military gas mask. I recently ordered it from cheaperthandirt.com and I got it in the mail a couple days ago. There are different versions of an Israeli gas mask. This is the military version. There is also a civilian version on cheaper than dirt. All you can get is the military version. There are a couple little differences between the two masks. The civilian and military ones, like I said this is the military one. One of the differences is the goggle area. This has much bigger holes for your eyes to see than the civilian one does. This will allow you to see your surroundings better and potential threats. Also the military one has this speaking device which allows people to hear you better. When someone speaks through the civilian version its kind a hard to hear them, it’s really muffled but this allows your voice to channel through on the military version.
Also another feature extra point out that they both have is a drinking device. This allows you to hook up a tube that it came with. This is the tube and you hook it to this and it’ll allows you to drink with the gas mask on which is a very important feature and as you can see inside right back there, there’s a little straw type thing that you would put into your mouth to drink right there. This mask is military surplus but it’s in new unused condition. It came in the original box. This is it. It came as multi filter and the actual mask where package separately in this plastic bags and they were both brand new when I took them out. Although it is brand new, it is dated from 1983.
The mask also came with an instruction booklet and it’s in four different languages. It reads from the back to the front because it’s meant for people who read Hebrew and it has all the directions including English. Also originally this kits or the gas mask came with a nerve gas syringe kind a like in antidote and the box was on sealed because they have to take those out, that’s what they look like.
So now, I’ll talk a little bit about the filter, like I said before this is Midol 40 millimeter threaded filter. It’s an NBC filter meaning new killer biological and chemical. It will protect against those. This ones out dated. This is dated from 83 also so it’s probably definitely expired and I will be needing to buy a new one. The filter screws on very easily. I paid $15.00 for this mask and the weird thing was a couple of days after I got it in the mail I went to check the site to see if they had spare filters which they don’t by the way and they double the price of the mask since I had got in the mail. And just in case there’s any skeptical people out there is probably always is, you can see right there this is my receipt $15.00 from cheaper than dirt. So if you go look online right now, it’s going to be $30.00.
All right and a second I’m going to do the demo where I put the mask on, show you how it fits and drink out of the can tin with the drinking tool. But first I quickly want to talk about why you might want to purchase a gas mask or why it would be needed. I know there’s a lot of people out there saying only nut jobs would have one and that’s just the stereotype. In this day age it’s pretty realistic to have an item like this. Marshall Lock could be an acted to anytime for various reason. Our economy is doing very poorly and people will be writing in the future and who knows what kind of stuff they’ll be spraying, tear gas. Also there could be chemical attacks, biological attacks and nuclear attacks. So being prepared is essential in this day in age to staying alive.
All right guys so now I’m going to show you how to put this on and do the drinking demo. This is really easy to put on and they make it that way on purpose so if should hits the fan you can put it on really quickly. There’s an excellent seal all around and I’ll show you how to test that it sealed properly. So the first thing you want to do is there’s a little chin grove right here for your chin and that’s the first part to your head you put in the mask.
There are four pull ties two on the bottom, two on the top. The two on the bottom you pull first, tighten it all the way back then this two on the top and now it’s on. And the way that you would test to make sure that there’s a good seal is put your palm over this bottom hole right here and then you try to breath. If you’re not able to take a breath then it is sealed really good. Now I’ll show you how to put the drinking tube on. Take this in, open this up and screws on clockwise. There’s a valve in the middle of the tube right here. You need to pull these two clamps together to let the water flow through valve like so. Also it’s a good idea that stay relax and calm while you’re in the gas mask because its not as easy to breath that’s why I’m taking pauses in between talking to take a breath.
So you open your can tin, insert the other end of the tube all the way to the bottom. Remember that straw piece I sealed you inside earlier, you adjust this until you can get into your mouth. It’s in my—I’m biting with my teeth and now you can press this and then start drinking and it works really good. It taste a little rubbery but I would clean it our first before you use it the first time. Also if you have kids, you might want to think about getting the Israeli youth gas masks. There you are the civilian ones and there are smaller and they are made for children. They don’t have the youth ones on cheaper than dirt. The only one they have is the military model, this one that you’re looking at and that’s basically it for now. Thanks for watching guys. I hope you consider maybe getting one of these, it’s not a bad idea in this day in age and it will make an excellent Halloween mask if you never have to use it and let’s hope none of us would ever have to use it.
Thanks for watching. I appreciate everything, the comments, messages, all the views thanks a lot guys. I’ll talk to your later.
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