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Manufacturer

Vogue Span

Brookdale

Product

"Great Escape"

EVAC-U8

Size

Pocket-Sized

Beverage-Can Sized

(12.5cm x 23cm x 1.5cm)

(6.8cm diameter x 13.3cm long)

Volume

220 ml

483 ml

Light Weight

YES (100g/3.5ounces)

NO  (312g / 11ounces)

USE:

Suitable for Children

YES

NO

(below 10 years of age)

Donning Steps

3

6

Ease of Donning

Simple and Quick

Difficult without training

(ease of wearing)

slip over head,

Must fit: mouth-piece, nose-clip

then breath normally

and adjust neck-strap

Automatic sealing

YES

NO

of neck-seal

Air-Tight Neck-Seal

YES

NO

Can Breath through

YES

NO

Nose & Mouth

(mouth only, as nose-clip)

Can Talk when

YES

NO

wearing smoke-hood

(unless mouth-piece removed)

Can be worn over

YES

YES

specticles

PROTECTION:

Protects against flames &

YES

YES

dripping-flaming plastic

Electrostatic Filter

YES

YES

Removes Toxic Gases

YES

YES

Typical Operating Period

15 to 20 minutes

15 minutes

in otherwise breathable air*

Shelf-Life (with packing intact)

5 Years

5 Years

* Toxicity of Carbon Monoxide:

Reference: "Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials"

N.I. Sax, 4th Edition, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1975, p520.

"Carbon monoxide is a colourless, odourless gas.

A concentration of 400 to 500 ppm in air can be inhaled without appreciable effect for 1 hour.

Exposure to a concentration of 600 to 700 ppm for a similar period will cause barely appreciable effects.

But, 1000 to 1200 ppm is dangerous, and 4000+ ppm is fatal in less than one hour".

In most fires, the air has sufficient oxygen to support life, i.e. above 18% oxygen.

The air is unbreatheable due to smoke particles and toxic gases, most of which

can be removed by activated carbon absorbent and efficient particle filters.

It is unlikely that the level of carbon monoxide present in "otherwise breatheable air"

would be sufficient to be life-threatening within a 15 to 20 minute exposure period.