Honeywell DF300 N95 Flatfold Disposable Respirator

All the bad reviews because people didn't like the packaging these came in seem odd to me. What really matters is that these work great. I've tried many masks trying to get one with a good seal around my nose. These form a great seal and really minimize the amount of glasses fogging. They also seem to be a little heavier duty than the KN95s I had been using. Fibers from the KN95s would come loose after extended wearing, but that does not seem to be an issue with these.

The lower strap separates from the left side of the mask. It's fixable with a couple of staples. The other 3 attachment points are fine. Otherwise, the mask seals well to my face and is easy enough to breathe through. These are a 20 pack of Honeywell DF300N95, TC-84A-8480, lot no. 210510M03.Update: I didn't have any strap problems with a different batch that I got at my job. I have since bought more with no issues. This is my preferred mask.

This don't feel like they fit my face, but they have some foam at the nose that compensates some. I would feel safer and really N95 if they were a better fit to my face. The awkward fit though, actually makes good space in the mask to breathe and they are actually comfortable and good to breathe through and start to form to your face better after a little wearing. It helps to really mold them to your face when you first put one on. I bought them because they were the cheapest at the time for N95. They go around the back of your head, so they stay on well, but mess up your hair. . . unless the rubber band breaks, but they last pretty good most of the time.

Good product

Before I bought these, I saw a lot of people concerned about the punch outs located next to the welded points of the straps to the mask. I reached out to Honeywell and they informed me that the punch outs do not hinder efficacy and they are intended to be there. I also checked for this particular model number to see if there were any recalls or anything like that. I didn’t find any recalls and I did find this mask listed as part of the acceptable N95 list posted from the CDC. So if you have hesitations about these masks for that reason, don’t worry it’s working as intended.Some people might find these masks to be too small, they’re supposed to be tight fitting. If your mask is comfortable or loose fitted like the ones you can get in just about any store, they are not protecting you as intended. They need to feel snug to the face to create a seal but not quite a seal because if it was a seal you couldn’t breathe. You get what I mean. I've tested this mask on people with rather large heads and they were a little nervous about trying to stretch the straps over their heads but once they were confident that the straps weren’t going to break or anything, they were able to take the mask on and off without any problem. Of course when you have a big head these masks are going to look a little weird on you but so long as it’s covering your nose, mouth, chin and sitting flush to the face to create that snug feel, it’s working as intended.And so far these are working pretty good at keeping my glasses mostly fog free. But your mileage may vary. Overall I’m very happy with this purchase and I would definitely recommend getting these for yourself. KN95 would have been better but those are getting harder to find on the CDC list ever since the emergency order was lifted.If you are unsure about products, particularly if you see things in comments and the review photos that make you anxious or nervous, please contact the manufacturer to find out what’s going on with whatever it is you’re seeing and find out for yourself before deciding without any information that something is wrong with it.

First box I got was great....5 stars....2nd box the bands are BREAKING often (at the point of contact with the mask). Hope it's not a trend toward poor quality control? From reading other reviews it's a box by box thing.

These are not made for adult heads, the fit is super strange and more for a child's head even though it says sizes fits all sizes. 3 of us tried them and all of us found the same issue with them. The strings are miserable tight. The side pieces where the string attached to the mask is very rough and scratchy as the strings sort of glued or fused into the material and would likely cause an abrasion to form if you wore it for a long time. the nose pece is very strange as well and it pulls down on the bridge of your nose like someone is pushing a stick against the bridge of your nose. We fiddle and fiddled and adjusted and adjusted and none of us could get a comfortable hit no mater what we did. Again, I though not calculated for adult feature length as it seem to hit and press down in the middle of the nose bridge. I wondered if someone at the factory mis boxed them as they feel like kids masks, not adult mask.The only good thing about them was I have never had a mask where I felt I could breath so well in. No feeling like you are suffocating and can't get enough air. They were heaven in this respect, and you get ths great little bubble of nice clean air s flow around your mouth and nostrils.With some adjustments in design these could be utter dream masks if they made the strings longer to fit adult heads and fixed the bridge pressing down thing and scratch side issue. Non of us have unusually large heads and 3 different noses shapes, so not our nose proportions that was causing the issue. I have never experienced string that tight and that nose issue with any other mask.Something else I liked about them as there were no staples at the side as I have a metal allergy so that was nice but the sides are very rough and think you likely night be a lesion from the rubbing at the side of your face. Sort of feel like a big glue blob that has hardened and is jagged.Please work on redesigning these are the air flow is grand and I was over the moon about that, best airflow I have experience in any mask. That was highly pleasant. I feel like I am suffocating in the majority of masks but not this one. We are stuck with a huge box of them now.