The 3M™ FF-400 Respirator Training Video is to help users thoroughly understand the donning, cleaning and maintenance of the Ultimate FX Reusable Respirator.
PLEASE HELP! I bought one. Very comfy . But the voice box part feels wiggly. When I cover the valves where the filters should be, I can breathe through the voice part. Is that normal?
Hey try twisting a little bit harder. If you look at your filters and your mask they have different sized keys. If you need more help check out chapter two of this series @ 2.25. They guy is tightening the filters to the mask.
Sound transmission will always be a problem with full face respirators. The FF400 has a speech emitter in the front, tho it’s rather small. Other full face respirators have Voice projection units (VPU) for this reason to amplify voice, tho there’s no VPU for the 3M FF400 unfortunately
pretty much every mask that seals on a face requires clean shaven except for some styles of moustache. Like the other guy said the only thing that allows for facial hair is a PAPR powered hood or SCBA hood style. Some dudes have passed seal checks with facial hair but odds are you won't be paying for a professional seal test, also there is just so many movement variables in the field for a beard or stubble to break seal. For what it's worth, I just shaved my beard for this ff403.