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by usrusr 1620 days ago
Much better and nice to see that the change didn't compromise the desktop version.

Still kind of unimpressed by the high weighting of labeling formalities for pass/fail (I live in the realm of EN149 anyways) and I'd certainly prefer a few notes over video. Feature request for the next pandemic: I'm sure people wearing glasses would love being able to filter for masks with that spongy cell foam flow blocker strip on the underside of the nose stripe?

But I really love the inclusion of breathability: I'm convinced that in the day to day realities of living through a pandemic, a mask with better breathability won't just be more comfortable than one less breathable, but also provide more protection, because it's worn better and more. And a list like that would have been very helpful earlier in the pandemic not only for buying guidance, but also for instructing people that if they really can't stand wearing a mask, maybe that's in large part because they simply haven't encountered a good one yet. Seeing a range from <50 to >200 and how little it correlates with filtering (it does, but much less than one would expect) is worth more than words. I didn't realize the breathability factor myself until I found myself in a hospital abroad (injury, not infection) where they supplied me with proper FFP2 for going to x-ray and the like. So much better than the emergency use 3-ply crap I used before and almost decadent indulgence compared to the emergency textile contraptions that preceded them.