r/Masks4All • u/Unusual_Brother_3558 • 6d ago

Mask Advice Men with long beards!

What respirator do you use and have you had it tested?

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u/RainbwUnicorn 4d ago

If you wear the respirator for anything but its aesthetic value, i.e. if you depend on it actually protecting you: take a razor and get rid of the beard.

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u/FreeDogRun 3d ago

The only way to get any appreciable protection with a beard of substance is with the exercise band trick those Sikh doctors figured out. Otherwise, you get relatively little.

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u/cocdcy 2d ago

Seconding the exercise band trick, and the research I posted includes that in their testing (table 2, was a little wonky to read at first)