Garandthumb: *Successfully seals mask with facial hair* Senior NCOs: ಠ_ಠ

Happy Father’s Day dad

Dude, this might be the best dad advice anybody has ever given on this channel. This one is of lifelong importance even if you're _not_ a dad. Everybody should do this.

Charlie is seriously one of the funniest people I know of. I literally laugh out loud so much at these videos with his comments

I've spent much of my professional life in full face respirators. When you're doing the suck test hold the suction for a few seconds don't breathe out rite away. You'll find slower leaks that way. Also petroleum jelly on the sealing surface can help quite a bit with a beard in an emergency.

"When you're at a mostly peaceful protest and you just gotta get rid of your local Burger King." Comedy gold.

Been in the Chemical corps my whole career. I did 10min on a bet with no mask in a SPICY chamber with some PT in the mix. Definitely controlled breathing and just being used to CS exposure helps. But it tore my lungs up the next couple days. We have the new 53’s (one filter, 40mm NATO standard) but I prefer the M50’s. Dual filters, easier to strip and clean and much cheaper. Unless you’re in a NATO apocalypse you should be fine. Put one on and go do some chores, go for a jog, whatever. Just get used to using one. I have spent DAYS in MOPP 2-4 and wearing a mask constantly. If you are a rich boi, invest in a PAPR system. Pro Tip: Your filters won’t protect you from chloramines.

The Chinese, Charlie burn montage was top drawer. Classic. 👌🏼

As a painter I can fully attest to the value of a good respirator.

Note on the Mira mask since I’m a dealer and have gotten to test fitment with multiple helmets. They do not work well with ACH geometry helmets. They work fine with the opscore super high cuts. The Avon masks work great with all helmets but does cost way more.

Dude. Your sound bomb at 0:29 blew up my sound bar. It is toast now.

Mildly informative, Massively entertaining!

As a former CBRN guru I'm qualified to confirm that @2:50 Charlie's glasses doffing technique is 100% correctly executed.

Literally 30 seconds in and I'm in tears 😂😂😂 This channel is becoming Top Gear with guns and I'm 100% here for it.

Huge props to the camera man for always keeping a steady shot even going through the tear gas, what a real trooper!

Integrating actual information and comedy is a good format. Keep up the videos.

Finally, testing the limits of the *Geneva Suggestion* comes full circle

I remember going through the gas chamber in basic training.. You go into a tent with CS pellets burning in a can on a table initially with your mask on. The Drills would talk for a few minutes and then we were ordered to take our masks off... Holy crap.. A couple minutes reciting a few general orders was an eternity but you built extreme confidence in the function of that mask.

6:48 “Yeah Mine works pretty good” (takes mask off and walks into gas) haha fantastic!!

Real world science! Cheers Lads! Glad to see chuckles back on site!

You know it's going to be a great episode when Charlie starts off spitting fire!

Charlie was on fire at the beginning. The Chinese mask dig was epic. Love this channel

I really appreciate this as I’ve been considering options.

You guy's are very funny and in the same way...You're really a No Joke Squad! Thanks you all for the advices, tests and all those usefull explanation who really may save life...

A thing to add. When you are in a situation where you NEED to use these mask, you should exhale before taking a breath in. The purpose is to get rid of any harmful substance still left inside your mask. This is usually done before you do your suction test.

Great point that CS gas tends to spread. I spent a year living on an Army base and they used to rent out sections of the base to the local PD for training purposes. One night we got a heads up”Hey guys, the PD is doing riot training tonight and they’re gonna be popping off tear gas, so you might wanna close your windows”. Well, the wind shifted unexpectedly and all the gas got blown into our barracks. I woke up the next morning and my room had a funny chemical smell to it.🤦🏼‍♂️

Mike KZfaq’s doing the thing again, I haven’t been notified about a single upload for like the last 2 months so now I have to binge all these great videos

Charlie is a national treasure and must be protected at all times.

I wanna see a reality show of you guys just doing regular shit with Charlie around.

9:47 'It's something you gotta train with' Airsoft and paintball players: *I trained my whole life for this*

Great Video! I just bought a Mira a couple weeks ago. And great Dad Advice!! 👍🏻👍🏻

My dad was a industrial hygienist so he had gas mask and needed to test them often. He had this testing kit that would blow tear gas out a glass tube so you can test the seal and filter of your gas mask. You would break the end off thee tube and attach a rubber ball thing like on a clown horn. You would then squeeze the ball and tear gas comes blowing out the tube. As a kid it was fun getting my hands on it with my friends. We for sure learned how much it sucks to breath it in and get the gas in your eyes. I would stand in my shed wearing a gas mask and then pump as much tear gas into the sealed shed as possible. Buddies would try and stay in the shed as long last one wins. It was good times, till my buddie went home with his face swollen to hell, eyes swollon shut that my dad got a very angry call from his mom and shut it down real quick.

Always love seeing Charlie throwing Mike off his game 😂

Thanks guys invaluable information

Charles makes me laugh 😂. Love it when you all are together in the video

When I worked in corrections, we'd have to occasionally use an OC phantom fogger for cell extractions, and compared to the standard OC/CS grenades we usually used the size of the particles were vastly different. The phantom particles were way smaller and had a higher concentration of PPB. That would bypass our gasmasks constantly leading us to have to extract a guy while also hacking up our lungs ourselves. After this happened 9 times, they finally got us better filters so we wouldnt be filling our masks with snot and tears anymore.

This is a good opportunity to talk about people’s need to wear basic masks while doing things like cutting/grinding wood, metal, plastic, etc. Obviously you don’t need a gas mask but protect your lungs people!!

Charlie is the man. Makes me laugh out loud. My roomate upstairs must think I'm nuts

The cameramen is immune to teargas

Mira Safety is basically a reseller. Things like their DOT ABEK filters are essentially rebranded filters that originally come from Russia and some of their masks also come from Russia and other places.

35 SECONDS... that's all I needed for today! :P Thanks Charlie

I swear, Charles gets more based every episode 😂 💯

0:25 I wasn't ready for that montage. I had to replay it several times. It was amazing.

The Chinese mask worked fine. It clearly sealed and is threaded for the same 40mm filters. It just didn't come with a filter intended for tear gas.

My buddy drove around base with a gas mask because he thought his car had an exhaust leak. MPs were not amused and pulled him over and told him to stop. This video brought a rush of laughter as I reminded of this

charlie always makes my sunday, keep up the great work

Hell yea one last Garand Thumb video before I ship to basic training LETS GOOOO!!!

Excellent dad advice!

Would love to see a comparison of gas masks vs full face respirators from 3M.

0:23 We really need an entire video of all of Charlie’s best moments

You're awesome guys.

This was absolutely fantastic 😂

Would love a part 2 on surplus store specials like the M10, GP5 and other eastern block surplus masks. Of course, only the ones that don't have spicy fibers in their filters.

Thank you flannel dad and team for getting lung cancer to educate us! 🙌

that was actually some great dad advice on the fly! Learn to cook, life's too short to eat crappy food. gave me some inspiration there.

Excellent dad advice

Great video! Keep the awesome content coming!!!!!

I remember when I was in the (Serbian) army, they issued us M2 gas masks. Then we had exercises where those dudes threw tons of tear gas on us. They threw some small canisters a lot like those you used in the video, but they also had some big ones, like a beer keg... All field was full of tear gas. My mask didn't fit 100% so I did feel a slight smell of the gas, but nothing more than that, literally 0 problems. However, dumb as I am, I wanted to feel what's it like to inhale tear gas, so I briefly removed my mask... Let's just say that isn't an experience I would recommend... I do remember that particular mask created a lot of issues if you were running with it; you simply wouldn't get enough air and felt as if suffocating, but removing it in a cloud of tear gas was also not a great idea, as previously established...

My Dad was a hazmat driver for years and needed to keep a gas mask at hand for obvious reasons - was bucking the company on having a beard and his solution for sealing a mask around facial hair was he tossed a small thing of petroleum jelly inside the mask itself. In a rapid emergency he could just cinch the mask on tight, if he had a moment to do so he would just slather on the petroleum jelly.

Garand thumb: Trash talk Chinese masks Also garand thumb: *Buy obviously wrong filters* Also garand thumb: Keeps trash talking the Chinese masks

Mira mask, like the ones they're wearing around @7:00 mark, the CM M8 ($325) and CM 7M ($275) w/o filters. Mira does have a great selection of filters and accessories for their mask! Their CM M6 is $264 and is very similar to the Cm M8 but have seen reviews saying the CM M8 is perfecting the Cm M6 Design and offers a water delivery system accessory so you can drink when in use. Was just researching these today and stumble over this vid a few moments ago. Talk about timing, lol. So far,.. nothing seems to be as good as the Mira mask. Still researching but,.. think this vid just helped make my choices for 3. nice one guys!

"I think it was the Chinese who were responsible for us all wearing masks in the first place." Pure fucking gold!

When I woke up this morning, I did not expect to see grown men frolicking in toxic smoke like children. @06:17 "WOOHOO!"

Sam out there doing the basic training laps was funny as hell

This channel is incredible

I like how garand thumb posts while I’m at grandmas house after church

I like how Charlie just stood there with the mask and his glasses pushed down at 4:29. Good as Garand Thumb videos are, they're so much better with Charlie (and his broken green plastic rake) in them.

MSA is what we use for work (commercial/ industrial sheet metal install and demo)around certain toxic chemicals. And its all about the filter, concentration, and exposure over time. I personally only use 3M filters for my msa full face and half mask for my home projects.thats one of those thing that you get what you pay for.

god I love this channel :) keep it up boys

If you get exposed to tear gas DO NOT RUB YOUR FACE OR EYES

I hated the gas mask during my military service. It made everything more difficult, it was harder to see and during summer time it was hot af. The tear gas training was fun though as was the "going through a burning building" exercise. We only practiced on how to seal it yourself because during an active gas attack, you have to put on the mask lightning fast.

Bought a Mira safety mask. Glad it was tested hear....it's a good product, I'm confident with it. Just wanna note, the filter is rated for oxygen levels as low to 17%....anything under or real heavy work requires a breathing apparatus

Purge your mask instead of ripping it off in the cloud. Fight through the panic and discomfort. Practice up drills with the rifle shouldered a little higher and canted to the left to reduce or eliminate a cheek weld. You will be tempted to press your cheek harder into the buttstock to get a good sight picture but that will break your seal and youre straight up not gonna have a good time. This is less of an issue with an optic riser. Limit the gear attached around where your filter will be so you can look down towards that direction or duck your head without breaking the seal. Try to breath out through your nose as much as possible to prevent fogging. If your junk fogs up, exhale a little harder through the vent like youre blowing out a candle to help exhaust some of the moist air trapped. Do more cardio.

I've owned a gas mask for the best part of 2 decades now, mostly for using music festival toilets 🤣

Mira makes prescription glasses inserts for their masks. They stay with the masks. I used to work in a chemical plant with a full face respirator in 120 degree heat doing manual labor. My biggest thing is make sure you clean your mask, they will absolutely grow mold. Learn to take it apart and make sure you have tons of spare parts.

Yo watching you run through the mask dancing around with the military masks on was perfect

Would love to see a followup video testing some foreign surplus gas masks, with modern filters.

I love how they never told us at Basic that the gas would deposit on your uniform and to keep it away from everything, else you contaminate everything and get a nasty surprise a few days later. lol

The best thing on the Tube ... classic :)

Need a full length Charles edit 💯💯💯

Finally someone does a video like this!!!

To be fair, no mask that I've ever used was very tactical 😂 It took a lot of training to be able to engage targets with a MOPP on.

Happy Father’s Day to all ya!! Micah coming through with legit dad advice! And as usually Charles reaffirmed why he is a national and comedic treasure 😂

I love this channel! That’s all

Sundstrom masks work great, we use half and full face respirators for chemical treatments. Stackable filters & parts easy to come by, but its worth investing if your going into an area where needed

06:41 when your mask works so good you forget there is gas around....

Man…I was literally just putting some in my Amazon cart the other day not even kidding. This is incredibly good timing.

The Matty Matheson cameo at 12:27 is wild, good work boys

Have a couple masks I had as boat treasure when I got out. Definitely need to stock up on filters and train with them when I can.

I think everyone should own a Gasmask. You never know when you need one. It doesent cost much and can safe lifes. No matter if it's smoke from a burning house or some othe toxic aerosols.

Charlie just slappin hard facts every video

I have a Avon m50 issued to me via corrections and I love it it has never failed me.

Charles is too funny man and the little edit at the mask joke was elite😂

Can you guys re-do this but shooting drills while in the tear gas? Would be nice to see clearing a room while tear-gas is active with gas mask! Love you content watch everyday

Funny how you were noticeably more confident walking into the cs gas with the military mask compared to all the others. Experience clearly trusting your equipment. Lowest bidder for the win I guess.

The Cm-7m gasmask, aka the one from Tennant, has a narrower field a vision but is far superior for using magnified optics. Its actually what that style is meant for, having the two individual eye pieces recessed like that. It allows for you to get the scope much closer to your eye. Panoramic style masks like the other styles yall had are superior for holos and red dots, but do not work with most magnified optics. If your running in a squad that has a designated marksmen, you would want him using the Cm-7m so he can actually use a scope, while the rest of you use panoramic masks for a superior fov and target acquisition. That's just my 2 cents, I have no military background or nothin, just like studying history and tactics. I also own a Cm-7m that I got for $80 in pristine condition from a milsurp store as "issued." From what I hear, Mira gets them from the Czech military and refurbishes them, so there won't be any real difference with one you get from mira and one imported from the Czech republic. Its definitely not a bad mask, but isn't the best either, but its better than having nothing for sure, as I live in a big city, and with things going the way they are, a riot ain't an unlikely occurrence.

honestly the best gas mask you can still get for pretty cheap is the polish MP-5 you can even find them in some surplus stores go for less than a 80$ throw in a brand new filter in it and you're all set, great visibility, comfortable and affordable.

For a second there I thought Charles was going to pick up the canister. 🔥 that would have been funny to see.

Charles is now the reason I watch this channel.

Best piece of Dad advice I’ve ever heard. “Wrap it in latex, so she won’t get your paycheck’s.”