I like geeking out over masks and there are a lot of options. I have a bunch of models, and if you’d like to come try them sometime (next EA Boston meetup on 10/26?) I’d be happy to show you what they’re like.
I think it would be great if you can gather some data about how many people prefer which of the options and publish it.
I think it would be great if you (whoever is reading this) would gather some data and publish it.
Accordingly, I did a little and settled on the EnvoPro N95 (but it’s curiously $45 now, ten dollars or so more expensive now than when I bought it a few months ago, after Jeff’s last reminder post). But my research was a bit rushed and the p100 filters on the 3M 6200 Jeff linked above are much better (IDK how much more uncomfortable to breath through). The EnvoPro is comfortable to wear and easy to breath in, and seals well and easily, even with my large nose and prominent bridge. But it’s got a valve, so it wouldn’t be ideal for protecting people from me if I might be sick.
I did some cross-comparison after looking up other reviews (my primary source was from Lockdown era, so some of these might not have existed). But it was kind of cursory.
Any of us can do what you ask almost as easily as Jeff (unless you meant gathering data from his mask trial parties? That would be useful even in cursory form of just going from memory).
Here’s Jeff’s useful list reuable masks with good seals, which he linked early in this article but didn’t clearly label. It doesn’t include reviews, but the Amazon pages do, and I found more thorough reviews after some pretty obvious Google searches.
I think it would be great if you can gather some data about how many people prefer which of the options and publish it.
I think it would be great if you (whoever is reading this) would gather some data and publish it.
Accordingly, I did a little and settled on the EnvoPro N95 (but it’s curiously $45 now, ten dollars or so more expensive now than when I bought it a few months ago, after Jeff’s last reminder post). But my research was a bit rushed and the p100 filters on the 3M 6200 Jeff linked above are much better (IDK how much more uncomfortable to breath through). The EnvoPro is comfortable to wear and easy to breath in, and seals well and easily, even with my large nose and prominent bridge. But it’s got a valve, so it wouldn’t be ideal for protecting people from me if I might be sick.
I did some cross-comparison after looking up other reviews (my primary source was from Lockdown era, so some of these might not have existed). But it was kind of cursory.
Any of us can do what you ask almost as easily as Jeff (unless you meant gathering data from his mask trial parties? That would be useful even in cursory form of just going from memory).
Here’s Jeff’s useful list reuable masks with good seals, which he linked early in this article but didn’t clearly label. It doesn’t include reviews, but the Amazon pages do, and I found more thorough reviews after some pretty obvious Google searches.