Premium choice to help protect your workforce from certain airborne contaminants
Built comfortable, yet durable
This reusable respirator has a resilient silicone faceseal, offering extended facepiece life. The adjustable head cradle and straps work together to offer an optimal fit, and the facepiece features our proprietary quick latch design, which offers an easy, one-hand touch drop-down mechanism for putting the facepiece on and taking it off while moving in and out of contaminated areas.
A versatile choice
The 3M™ 6500QL Series is compatible with a wide variety of 3M respirator cartridges and filters to make a NIOSH-approved respirator and help protect your workforce from certain particulates, gases and vapors. When used with 3M™ respirator filters and cartridges, this respirator may help provide respiratory protection at concentrations up to ten times the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL). This half face respirator is also compatible with the 3M™ Versaflo™ TR-600 and TR-800 powered air purifying systems (not approved with Dual Airline supplied air systems).
Be proactive
The 3M Respirator Selection Guide (3M.com/respiratorselector) may be used to help you select the proper respirators, cartridges, and filters for your work environment. Change your employee's 3M particulate filters anytime they are dirty, damaged, or difficult to breathe through. For gas/vapor cartridges, use the 3M Service Life software (3M.com/sls) to develop a cartridge changeout schedule.
| Accessories | No |
| Assigned Protection Factor | 10 |
| Brand | 3M™ |
| Case Quantity | 10/case |
| Clip-on Welding Shield | No |
| Color Family | Gray |
| Compatible With | Line Compressed Air System SA Series |
| Compatible with 3M™ PAPR Systems | No |
| Compatible with 3M™ Supplied Air System | No |
| Compatible with Welding Shield | Yes |
| Connection Type | Bayonet |
| Cool Flow™ Exhalation Valve | Yes |
| Drop-down Feature | Yes |
| Enhanced Comfort | Yes |
| Enhanced Durability | Yes |
| Exhalation Valve | Yes |
| Eye Protection | No |
| Facepiece Material | Silicone |
| Facepiece Type | Half Facepiece Reusable |
| Features | 3M™ Cool Flow™ Valve |
| Gas & Vapor Protection Type | Hydrogen Fluoride, Mercury Vapor or Chlorine, Organic Vapor/Acid Gas/Ammonia/Methylamine/Formaldehyde |
| Harness type | 4 point Quick Latch |
| Hazard Type | Mold, Silica |
| Maintenance Free | No |
| Mask Size | Medium |
| Primary Material | Silicone/Nylon |
| Product Color | Gray, Teal |
| Product Series | Rugged Comfort 6500 |
| Product Type | Half Facepiece Respirator |
| Range | Best |
| Recommended Application | Assembly, Cleaning, Composite Finishing, Demolition, Facility Maintenance, Final Finish, Grinding, Machine Operation, Paint Preparation, Painting, Sanding, Welding |
| Recommended Industry | Agriculture, Construction, Design & Construction, Facility Sanitation, Food & Beverage Manufacturing, Food Processing, Food Safety, General Manufacturing, Heavy Industrial, Industrial Maintenance, Manufacturing, Marine, Metal Production & Fabrication, Military Maintenance, Repair & Operation (MRO), Mining, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceutical, Transportation |
| Replaceable Cartridge Included | No |
| Silicone Faceseal | Yes |
| Six-point Head Harness | No |
| Spare Parts | Yes |
| Speaking Diaphragm | No |
| TDS Required | Yes |
| Weight (Imperial) | 0.37 lb. |
| Welding | Yes |