This is the full Remploy Frontliner Ensemble for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear threats. Known as the newer term CBRN or the older term NBC which stands for Nuclear, Biological, Chemical.
Remember, when buying these as a civilian from eBay and the like, they are sold at best as “New, old stock“ meaning they are almost certainly out of their expiry date. While they would be better than nothing in an emergency, you should not assume you are going to experience total protection for life threatening situations, although it should be damn good protection either way for any typical thing you are likely to encounter as an average citizen.
I showed you before the Peeler coverall and explained it, but this time I had some spare cash and I decided to buy the other components out of curiosity. If I can afford to “potentially“ waste a bit of cash buying something I am curious about, which may even serve no practical purpose for me, I do. But purchases like these tend to be few due to the lack of disposable cash. Out of the entire set I would say the Peeler coverall, overboots and gloves are the most generally useful to people as I will explain below.
The outer Peeler coverall is great for DIY around the house, it’s protective against particles, alpha radioactive particles (fall out), it’s waterproof, fire retardant, cut resistant and is breathable whilst maintaining some level of vapour protection. So over all, a great home DIY/protective coverall.
The inner Britannia layer is also a coverall which offers biological contamination, liquids, vapour (and gas) as well as particle threats. It closes at the back meaning it protects better from chemical spills over the front of you also. The rubber seals at the ankle and wrist can make this Britannia layer difficult to put on and it is difficult to zip up by yourself, although if you zip it up a small amount of the way before putting the hood up, you can just about get it zipped up yourself.
The overboots are great for muddy days so that you don’t need to take your shoes off, you can just take the overboots off and wash them in the sink. They are protective of chemicals and particles and make a good seal with the Britannia layer’s butyl rubber seals at the ankle.
The gloves are also generally useful for DIY and offer chemical protection as well as particle protection when used in conjunction with the Britannia layer with it’s butyl rubber seals at the wrists.
The Avon FM12 respirator is always handy for DIY to protect you from dusts while sanding or dealing with dangerous things like asbestos and you can use an ABEK2P3 or CBRN/NBC rated filter to offer protection from gas as well as particles.
The Peeler outer coverall is generally good for DIY use and could be useful during an emergency to some degree and should last longer, in terms of shelf life, than the Britannia because the Britannia layer has charcoal layers which will absolutely expire when exposed to air, as time passes.
I bought a second Peeler to keep stashed away which should remain in better condition than the go-to one I use for DIY. The Britannia was mainly to let me have the experience of what it would be like to be in the position of having to wear a full and complete CBRN suit and it’s doubtful I would have any actual use for it after this test video. But I’ll keep it around, it may come in handy for some unforeseen thing in the future.
By the way, you can tell how hot this makes you indoors, as you can see sweat dripping out of the exhale cone on the front of my respirator, so if you see glistening on the outer Peeler coverall, it’s beads of sweat coming out of the respirator!
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