I dreamed for years to own a chemical protection suit. I remember I did try one in 2012, a level A suit by Auer.
At different occasions in 2019, I played with people wearing Trellchem suits. I was not wearing them myself but damn I enjoyed touching and smelling them !
So I decided I needed to get one…
Trellchem suits
Sourcing a Trellchem suit is not that easy. It’s a very narrowly used product. Don’t expect to find new ones in a store somewhere or listed online for sale.
Ansell bought Trelleborg, the former manufacturer of Trellchem in May 2012 (source : ansell annual report 2013). In October 2018, they communicated that Trellchem products will now be called AlphaTec Products. This made it hard for my reseach because some websites are not updated and resellers are hard to find wih the name AlphaTec (AlphaTec is a leading glove manufacturing brand of Ansell)
I found a way to source used suits. A friend of mine pointed me a seller from India on Ebay selling used suits. I was careful and closely inspected pics from the seller to pick one in good condition. I found one almost new and in a good state.
Gear delivery
As soon as I received my suit, I put it on…
