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.
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.