Mestel Safety SGE 150 Gas Mask

Full-Face Gas Mask

The Mestel Safety SGE 150 is a full-face respirator built to protect your eyes, nose and mouth together, with a single front-mounted filter port. It suits preppers putting together a CBRN kit (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear protection), as well as anyone who wants a modern mask that takes common filters instead of an old surplus pattern with hard-to-find canisters.

Features

• Panoramic Visor — One large, clear lens wraps across the face, so your field of view stays wider than you get with twin-eyepiece masks.
• 40mm NATO Filter Thread — The port takes the 40mm threaded standard used by most current military and civilian gas mask filters, which makes replacements easy to source.
• Center-Mounted Filter Port — The filter screws in at the front of the chin, keeping its weight balanced and leaving room to shoulder a rifle on either side.
• Inner Nose Cup — A separate inner mask over the nose and mouth sends your exhaled breath away from the visor, which cuts down on fogging.
• Multi-Point Head Harness — Adjustable black straps run over the crown and around the head and neck, so you can draw the mask evenly against your face for a good seal.
• Full Face Seal — The flexible face blank seals around the whole face, covering eyes and airways in one piece of equipment.
• Low-Profile Black Finish — The black face blank and black straps give the mask a plain, unobtrusive look in a kit bag or on a shelf.

Fit and Compatibility

The SGE 150 is a commercial design from Mestel Safety, not a surplus military mask. Because it uses the 40mm NATO thread, you can pair it with the wide range of filters made to that standard. Pick the filter rated for the hazard you are planning for. Before relying on the mask, tighten the harness from the bottom straps up and do a seal check by covering the filter inlet and breathing in gently: the face blank should pull slightly toward your face.