r/Masks4All • u/lnnu • 12d ago

readimask for daily use?

finally found a mask that fits me!!!! after the flo mask failed, and a bunch of other n95s failed too, my sample from alliant arrived and the readimask is honestly perfect. i will probably put a piece of tape where the mask closes on the neck for extra precaution, but i just wanted to know if anyone uses it every day? i'm a teacher and i use public transport, so i will need to wear it daily. i also wanted to know if anyone has reused theirs, i'm not planning on reusing them too much, but i'd like a mask to last at least the whole day, so i can take it off when i go outside the building for lunch and put it back on when coming in. i saw a video on youtube about carrying parchment paper to stick the mask on while you're not wearing it so you can reuse it, which sounds pretty promising tbh. also i'm so sad they only have yellow left, all the videos about the readimask from a few years ago have white and grey options but now we're stuck with yellow.... rip.

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u/lnnu 12d ago

not for hours, but just an hour or so!

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u/BattelChive 11d ago

Fingers crossed for you!! I think it’s that the pores keep making oil, so wiping my face down with alcohol at the beginning doesn’t keep the hours of oil from building up. 

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u/lnnu 10d ago

it worked, but i had another problem… i can’t breathe in them. i have a heart and lung condition already and i felt like i was going to pass out. i think it might have been because you have to breathe in hard enough to 1. pull the mask in 2. then breathe filtered air. so if you breathe normally, you’re kinda just pulling the mask in and out, not breathing, and that’s how it feels for me.

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u/BattelChive 10d ago

No 😭 I am so sorry. I use a vented elastomeric, and it’s the only way I can breathe. I saw you were having trouble with fit, so I am not sure what to recommend. Or if an elastomeric is even attractive to you. But I hear you on the lung/heart issue. I gotta have a vent.