Recommendations for comfortable masks?
Aug. 25th, 2020 06:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jducoeurKate and I have plenty of masks, technically. We have a few high-quality ones made by friends, and we have a big pile of cheap-but-adequate ones that I bought off of Amazon. The cheap ones are actually pretty good for just running into somewhere for a few minutes. But none are great for long-term use: the homemade ones tend to be a tad tight (my nose gets a bit squished with long usage), and the Amazon ones are somewhat floppy in their center section, especially after washing a couple of times (so I wind up chewing on the fabric after a while).
So I put it out to the lazyweb of my friends: any recommendations? I'm specifically looking for masks that are adequately safe (I'm not worried about N95-level protection, but they should be at least multi-layer fabric), but also somewhat comfortable. That probably means somewhat shaped around the nose so that it doesn't press on it too much, probably not floppity t-shirt fabric, and ideally not excessively hot and stuffy. (And in a perfect world, snug enough at the top to not cause my glasses to fog too much.) Reusability is very strongly preferred: while I'm willing to consider disposables, I dislike them on principle -- something that can be washed would be much better.
Suggestions? Don't worry about cost for purposes of this question -- I want to get a better sense of the options, and am willing to pay a bit for something that's good.
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Date: 2020-08-30 01:19 am (UTC)https://www.irisluckhaus.de/wr/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IrisLuckhaus_HybridMask_Pattern_US_V5.pdf
I don't like ear loop masks so I use a semi-stretchy ribbon and make a big loop that tightens behind my head with a cord lock. Links to pictures of me wearing one i made below.
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipPaO4zkS2pF7775d1uyNMagwN1m9z67btm_terT
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipPCMhSPrjEC_D_nSvGJotkRnLeigWjx79elpLa5
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipO0yDVVLPFmULuwkFzrWIiUZzNEI6KlVy6R_GO4