Multi-Gas Monitors

[cfdaryck]

Hey all, does anyone have any success/horror stories about various gas monitors? I was put on a commitee to find gas monitors for all the trucks but dont know which are the latest and greatest. We currently use a Qrae Plus, but the display is tiny. I was halfway thinking of the MSA Altair 5, looks like its pretty user friendly and the display looks pretty good. Any opinions? Thanks.

[smokeymike]

We bought several of the Draeger Xam 5000s a year ago and have been very happy with them. They are small enough to be clipped onto a belt and yet they have all of the confined space features that we need. We bought the 5 gas rather than 4 gas Xam 2000, so that we could monitor HCN... but it adds a bunch of $$.

Overall cost of ownership was a big factor for us.

[Firewalker918]

We got a V!SA Multi Gas instrument at our station.
Simple, reliable, easy to use and cost is effective.
& Great service from company in Georgia:
Gas Measurement Instruments LLC
Gaineville, GA 30501
404-434-0061

[Naegling]

A couple of considerations I would think about are:

are the buttons usable in a level A or B suit?

Is the screen bright enough to see through those same suits to call back info to Resource or Command?