[tguvot]

back in 2018, during fires, when air filters were unobtanium, on bayarea subreddits (and probably here) were floating a lot of posts of DIY filter made from box fan + hvac filters. plenty of people also posted particulate count reduction charts.

you don't need a lab to figure out that replacing 1" filter with 4" filter and even better arranging multiple filters in a box will improve flow rates and filtration (especially for box fans that not really designed for static pressure)

corsi&rosental work, imho, is equivalent to lab work reporting that you can move more water through 10" pipe than through 1" pipe.

[tehjoker]

I can see that argument, but I think what they contributed was that there's something approaching a cost-optimal design. they reported that the 4-sided design with box fan had higher CADR than many if not all commercially available filters though it often used more power and was louder, so the filtration per dollar was very good

[tguvot]

p100 masks will have optimal filtration on HEPA level per dollar.

[tehjoker]

can't argue with that

[tguvot]

I think we should wait for Corsi and Rosenthal lab work on this topic

[tehjoker]

a difference is that those masks were designed and certified at that level, which aides adoption

[tguvot]

labs don't certify that mask is more effective per dollar compared to usual air filters.

hence extra research by Corsi and Rosenthal is needed. After they will do the measurements they can be declared as inventors of p100 masks, that will be known as Rosenthal-Corsi masks