@GWLucid Pretty sure these are “standard size” so probably too small for your face & mine for that matter. Not throwing shade, I have a big head & I struggle to find N95 or equivalent masks that fit. I’m using 4-layer cloth “beard” masks that also allow me to put a filter in as the closest substitute. Still hard to find large enough filters though.
@GWLucid@marvelljones Same problem here. I’ve gotten some XL masks from Enro that work well for large heads/faces. They’re not the cheapest, but they seem well made and fit better than anything else I’ve found.
@GWLucid yes they are too small. You might be able to use them with a lanyard. I bought them as spares. I’ve got a pretty big head and the NIOSH approved Powecom fit me best (cheaper at Bonafidemasks than Amazon. Powecom masks puts out an extra large style but they are hard to find.
I got a ten-pack off Amazon … they weren’t marked as large in the item description but I’d noticed a lot of reviews saying they were too loose so I tried them, but found they were too big.
Anyhow, the regular Powecom fit me but I am not bearded. If a new more dangerous variant surfaces, you may want to consider shaving. COVID aside, there is a well known study that found nearly 50 per cent of beards contained traces of fecal matter.
A beard is obviously going to compromise how well a mask seals to your face.
@brasscupcakes@GWLucid I don’t have a beard, but I have a large head, large Sicilian nose, and a prominent chin. I’ve found only the cloth masks that are large enough for a short to medium length beard work for me. The XXL “beard mask” from Headline Shirts to be specific.
Kudos for finally posting expiration dates. Curious though, how much money did that “Mask on every face” guy lose if you are still shilling his surplus.
@dilloke I found the nose thing a bit off, too. And the ear straps too short. I am using them with a neck lanyard, but mainly for late night dog walks when nobody’s around to breathe on me.
They are good and thick, but the fit is dodgy so even after you position them to get a good deal they shift.
@dilloke thanks for reminding me. I have some KN95s from meh that have the nose piece sewn inside and others from meh with the nose piece on the outside. The outside nose pieces do fall off easily.
@909 I’d say that when optional, it’s more about political alignment at this point. Wearing masks forever isn’t a viable option for most people, and those who have been vaccinated aren’t receiving the benefits they were promised. Just an opportunity to pit people against each other.
@909 Nonsense. These may or may not be as good masks as they say (various manufacturers of KN95 are assessed at https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/respirators/testing/NonNIOSHresults.html, but I can’t find any of the ones who made the masks I’ve bought at meh). But any mask will take some stuff out of the air, so it will in a sense be fresher than it was going in, and it will not trap any so-called “acidic gases”. It will decrease the amount of covid particles, too, at least somewhat (more for a good mask, a lot more for a really good mask) even if they’re smaller than the mask filtration, since they’re likely bound up in water droplets, not just free floating. Nothing is perfect, but everything adds up to lower your odds of getting sick or infecting another person: vaccines, mask on the well person, mask on the sick person.
@12thMan Source? Just because they were there doesn’t mean they didn’t get sick or spread COVID. Vaccines help a lot, but they’re not perfect. It’s an odds game. Masks help the odds, as do vaccines and/or testing. Combining them helps more.
Since masks didn’t keep people from needing a vaccine, and vaccines didn’t keep people from needing to wear masks, maybe you could sell both as a kit so they can not work together.
@artygeorgia Masks were meant to slow spread, not prevent needing a vaccine. Vaccines aren’t cures they blunt the spread and can kill off a virus if enough people take them. The reason is a virus will have a harder time gaining a foot hold in a vaccinated body.
However If large enough pockets of people don’t take the vaccine the virus can mutate and lower the effectiveness of current vaccines.
@artygeorgia@vortex21
Yes. The larger the pool of infected people providing host cells for the virus to reproduce from, the greater the chance that one of them will mistranscribe or adopt found code in a manner that makes the resulting code more deadly, more easily able to infect a new host, slower to manifest symptoms so that it can spread farther undetected, or any combination of the above. It takes many centuries for evolution to select for a version that minimizes its virulence and damage, but a 100%-kill-rate variant could pop up at any time while the virus continues to circulate, and those who are deploying the least defenses will be at greatest risk. This, too, is evolution in action, in its own way.
Specs
What’s Included?
100x KN95 High Efficiency Respirator Masks (20 Packs of 5 Masks per Bag)
Price Comparison
$89.74 (Similar) at Amazon
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
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Who was that masked man?
@yakkoTDI
/giphy gumby dammit
2006?!!
@stinks That’s the year of the specification used and tested against to designate them KN95 masks.
It’s Science, not marketing.
Thanks for including the expiration date. April 2023 is far off. I still have so many KN95 masks thanks to meh. 22 bucks though…
Had to grab, now only if there were kids sized ones as well…
@ajzito they got kids sizes in again at bonafidemasks (nowhere near this cheap, but official NIOSH approved).
They’re the Powecom brand top rated by consumer reports - cheaper from bonafide than Amazon.
I use the Meh! cheapie masks for dog walks when nobody’s around and the Powecom for going to stores, etc (anywhere crowded).
Everybody’s face shape is different … the Powecom fit me perfectly once I position them, whereas the Meh! ones shift around.
How large are these? I have a big face.
@GWLucid Pretty sure these are “standard size” so probably too small for your face & mine for that matter. Not throwing shade, I have a big head & I struggle to find N95 or equivalent masks that fit. I’m using 4-layer cloth “beard” masks that also allow me to put a filter in as the closest substitute. Still hard to find large enough filters though.
@GWLucid @marvelljones Same problem here. I’ve gotten some XL masks from Enro that work well for large heads/faces. They’re not the cheapest, but they seem well made and fit better than anything else I’ve found.
@GWLucid yes they are too small. You might be able to use them with a lanyard. I bought them as spares. I’ve got a pretty big head and the NIOSH approved Powecom fit me best (cheaper at Bonafidemasks than Amazon. Powecom masks puts out an extra large style but they are hard to find.
I got a ten-pack off Amazon … they weren’t marked as large in the item description but I’d noticed a lot of reviews saying they were too loose so I tried them, but found they were too big.
Anyhow, the regular Powecom fit me but I am not bearded. If a new more dangerous variant surfaces, you may want to consider shaving. COVID aside, there is a well known study that found nearly 50 per cent of beards contained traces of fecal matter.
A beard is obviously going to compromise how well a mask seals to your face.
@brasscupcakes @GWLucid I don’t have a beard, but I have a large head, large Sicilian nose, and a prominent chin. I’ve found only the cloth masks that are large enough for a short to medium length beard work for me. The XXL “beard mask” from Headline Shirts to be specific.
I wish they sold the tri-fold masks instead. These masks are too big for my face and always to up into my eyes
@sum1 I don’t think they make KN95 (or even ANSI N95) in tri-fold because they can’t meet the specification.
In the end, masking and social distancing are what matters, and you make do with what you got and works for you.
Moar mehsks?
@phendrick
Kudos for finally posting expiration dates. Curious though, how much money did that “Mask on every face” guy lose if you are still shilling his surplus.
If I get these, will I be able to show my face in public again? Oh, the shame is unbearable.
Isn’t the difference the price? What was the highest price they were sold at?
/buy
@relm256 It worked! Your order number is: crazy-retro-kingfisher
/image crazy retro kingfisher
I bought these before and they are crappy. That external metal piece that’s supposed to form to your nose falls off after about 10 seconds of use.
@dilloke I found the nose thing a bit off, too. And the ear straps too short. I am using them with a neck lanyard, but mainly for late night dog walks when nobody’s around to breathe on me.
They are good and thick, but the fit is dodgy so even after you position them to get a good deal they shift.
@dilloke thanks for reminding me. I have some KN95s from meh that have the nose piece sewn inside and others from meh with the nose piece on the outside. The outside nose pieces do fall off easily.
I thought KN95 masks were 5-layers minimum?
This one for sale on Meh is just 4-layers.
Hmm…pass.
Don’t want green box.
Want red box.
Blue box hurt the ears.
</little_plucky>
Mask expiration doesn’t affect their effectivity. I found this memo: https://www.miemss.org/home/Portals/0/Memos/Memo-N95-and-Facemask-20200317.pdf?ver=2020-03-17-194431-230 but there was also a recent study that showed the same thing.
I’ve been using colored lutema kn-95’s for a while and they’re what we settled on for ourselves (and kid sizes for our kids).
Also, if you get KN-95s, buy some of these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08743L1DD to put on the nose piece. They all but stop air leaking around the nose. If they’re too big you can buy these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08C7YHYC4/ to tighten them up. (we use them with our 2yo & 6yo)
These are great for blocking your supply of fresh air and trapping acidic gases inside you. For preventing disease, not so much.
@909 So is my underwear, but I still wear them.
@909 I’d say that when optional, it’s more about political alignment at this point. Wearing masks forever isn’t a viable option for most people, and those who have been vaccinated aren’t receiving the benefits they were promised. Just an opportunity to pit people against each other.
@909 Nonsense. These may or may not be as good masks as they say (various manufacturers of KN95 are assessed at https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/respirators/testing/NonNIOSHresults.html, but I can’t find any of the ones who made the masks I’ve bought at meh). But any mask will take some stuff out of the air, so it will in a sense be fresher than it was going in, and it will not trap any so-called “acidic gases”. It will decrease the amount of covid particles, too, at least somewhat (more for a good mask, a lot more for a really good mask) even if they’re smaller than the mask filtration, since they’re likely bound up in water droplets, not just free floating. Nothing is perfect, but everything adds up to lower your odds of getting sick or infecting another person: vaccines, mask on the well person, mask on the sick person.
@909 Well that is definitely not true. Stop lying to people.
@909 this is utter nonsense
How about just no more masks if you’re vaxxed? It’s worked for roughly 5 million football fans so far.
@12thMan Source? Just because they were there doesn’t mean they didn’t get sick or spread COVID. Vaccines help a lot, but they’re not perfect. It’s an odds game. Masks help the odds, as do vaccines and/or testing. Combining them helps more.
@tarpaper
12thMan has been a member for six years and this is their very first post.
What a hill to choose to die on.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Maybe I’m weird, but I consider my reusable masks to be an emergency backup for when I run out of good quality KN95 units.
@werehatrack This.
Maybe I’m weird but I quit wearing this shit last year
Since masks didn’t keep people from needing a vaccine, and vaccines didn’t keep people from needing to wear masks, maybe you could sell both as a kit so they can not work together.
@artygeorgia Masks were meant to slow spread, not prevent needing a vaccine. Vaccines aren’t cures they blunt the spread and can kill off a virus if enough people take them. The reason is a virus will have a harder time gaining a foot hold in a vaccinated body.
However If large enough pockets of people don’t take the vaccine the virus can mutate and lower the effectiveness of current vaccines.
@artygeorgia @vortex21
Yes. The larger the pool of infected people providing host cells for the virus to reproduce from, the greater the chance that one of them will mistranscribe or adopt found code in a manner that makes the resulting code more deadly, more easily able to infect a new host, slower to manifest symptoms so that it can spread farther undetected, or any combination of the above. It takes many centuries for evolution to select for a version that minimizes its virulence and damage, but a 100%-kill-rate variant could pop up at any time while the virus continues to circulate, and those who are deploying the least defenses will be at greatest risk. This, too, is evolution in action, in its own way.
@artygeorgia @vortex21 weird how my polio vaccine is super effective yet this shit doesn’t work at all
This deal leaves me breathless!
I use these when I ride my bicycle so I don’t eat insects!
Had to spring for one, resist the urge for two.
/giphy weary-overblown-coyote
I have one mask that I wear only when I absolutely have to!! Why would I buy more? Hard Meh pass!!
/buy
@Euniceandrich It worked! Your order number is: unused-absurd-lock
/image unused absurd lock
Loved the picture, I know giphy won’t come close, but I have to at least attempt.
/giphy unused-absurd-lock
Yay! Mr. Bean!
The straps on these keep snapping off. At this rate if I lose more than half I’ll actually bother you guys for a refund.
@DrunkCat
Your 90-day window must be kept in mind!
Do these feel bootleg to anyone else?