Which Mask to Buy?

[nimra]

Do u know which sort of mask is better to use? as there are many like surgical, kn95, n95

 

[DietyDevil]

Surgical is more than enough.

Source. Doctor on duty in covid ward

 

[krazyhamad420]

search airdoc19 on facebook. It's good

 

[Leon]

Using ProMask from Daraz atm. Its reusable cotton mask but still better ply than most local surgicals available. It is not appearing on Daraz anymore so I am also looking for better alternative.

Only imported chinese surgical masks are good but they are on the expensive side.

It is hard for a normal user to sanitize or disinfect an n95 if they want to reuse it so surgical or cloth mask is always better.

Anyways I have done the "blowing fire" test with most local surgicals and they are bad quality. The air from the blow easily goes through and extinguishes the fire.

 

[baller23]

Simple surgical masks that are available everywhere have efficieny 10-50%.
Surgical Mask with Melt-Blown Filter. It’s available by a company called ECO BIO. It’s efficiency is 70-80%.
If you want 95% efficiency then go for KN95/N95.

 

[EternalBlizzard]

Bro masks are just to reduce the chance of you catching a virus when people cougn/sneeze around you or more specifically, they are designed for the wearer to avoid sending their droplets out in the atmosphere when they coughn/sneeze. Just get a simple one. You can't stop the virus from penetrating the masks, it's not designed for that xD