If you have a disposable n95 that’s been worn past its usefulness, you can cut out the metal nose strip from it before discarding the filter instead of buying nose strips separately.
Back when there were no masks to be found and cloth masks had to be made at home, I found that the green soft-plastic-encased floral wire from the dollar store had the perfect stiffness and softness to make mask nose bridges. (The darker green wires without the soft plastic, sold as vegetable ties, were not stiff enough to secure the masks well when I tested other options)
If tightening the ear loops enough for a good seal makes them hurt your ears, you can transform any ear loop mask into a head band one. You can use 2 buttons and some elastic, or cut a piece of soft but not too flexible plastic to shape, or 3d print the device that makes this conversion. It’s called an “ear saver”; an image search of that term will show lots of options.
If you have a disposable n95 that’s been worn past its usefulness, you can cut out the metal nose strip from it before discarding the filter instead of buying nose strips separately.
Back when there were no masks to be found and cloth masks had to be made at home, I found that the green soft-plastic-encased floral wire from the dollar store had the perfect stiffness and softness to make mask nose bridges. (The darker green wires without the soft plastic, sold as vegetable ties, were not stiff enough to secure the masks well when I tested other options)
If tightening the ear loops enough for a good seal makes them hurt your ears, you can transform any ear loop mask into a head band one. You can use 2 buttons and some elastic, or cut a piece of soft but not too flexible plastic to shape, or 3d print the device that makes this conversion. It’s called an “ear saver”; an image search of that term will show lots of options.
Like the idea of ear savers; might try them to see how they feel compared to the tight earloops.