3M Disposable Particulate Cup Respirator 8293 P100 with Cool Flow Exhalation Valve, NIOSH APPROVED, Adjustable Buckle Straps and Noseclip, Face Seal, Individually Packaged

A great, reusable (these things can last) protector for my lungs. Note that you can also where it when doing push-ups, vacuuming, and performing other activities.

Bought this for my dad in LA back in January right after/during the worst of the fires. He works outdoors and desperately needed one. He said it helped him tremendously.

I first tried the leading name brand competitor, which partly covered my eyes, and wouldn't work with glasses, and simply couldn't get an adequate seal. This one marginally fits with a combination of careful/custom adjusting and detailed nose clip bending.As I have a beard, this makes a complete seal impossible. As it is I have adjusted the lower strap very tight, while the upper is almost as loose as it can be. Also, if I strap it over my ear (recommended) it pulls the mask partly over my eyes! So both straps are around my neck.In the end, with a combination of narrow face, glasses and beard I ended up buying a heavier duty reusable face mask with filters you change. At only a small price increase (and it comes in a large or small size!) it is a better option. But until it arrives this one is adequate, and I believe of good quality and useful for normal adult sized faces without beard or glasses.

Hi,This disposable 3M 8293 P100 mask is amazing. It blocks all foreign odors such as stinky, musty, moldy odors and tobacco smoke smells (and more).For starters, all disposable mask work/seal best on a clean shaven face (no mustache, beard or side burns). If you have facial hair, you will never get a good fit/seal when wearing a disposable mask and/or half mask respirator. If you don't have a correct seal, the mask will not do its job as advertised (another reason why soldiers are not permitted to have facial hair). The facial hair rule is mentioned a lot in 3M's online safety documentation.Secondly, according to 3M, a medium sized mask/respirator fits 80% of humans. If your nose is too large/long, try a larger mask. Test out the seal at your local store that has a garden center that sells plants/fertilizer. You will know you have a good fitting mask when you can't smell the plants/fertilizer. Do this first before wearing the mask in a hazardous situation/area.Thirdly, the World Health Organization (WHO) says that in cities with poor air quality, that a mask with a PM2.5 rating must be warn to protect your lungs. PM2.5 masks protect people from breathing in particles (particles in the air) that are larger than 2.5 microns. This mask protects people from particles 0.3 microns or larger and makes almost all smells/odors undetectable to the human nose.If you are traveling outside the US (or live in a smog plagued city like Las Angeles, CA) then, a P100 Mask is the best form of protection to protect your lungs.It's best to carry a few of these P100 disposable masks while traveling in other countries and to store opened masks in an air tight, resealable plastic bag (like a ziplock) to increase the life of the mask (an air tight plastic bag protects the mask from absorbing odors/moisture).This mask works best with DEWALT DPG82-11 Safety Glasses (prescription eyeglasses friendly). I own a pair of these safety glasses and I wear them over my prescription glasses comfortably without my prescription glasses fogging up due to the comfortable foam seal that travels around the frame of the safety glass lens).These can be found on Amazon for around $11 (see Amazon product title below):DEWALT DPG82-11 Concealer Clear Anti-Fog Dual Mold Safety Goggle.Bottom line: The 3M 8293 P100 Mask is amazing and is a great addition to bugout bags and emergency/survival kits in your vehicle/boat/motor home.Also, they block out stinky poo gas odor, urine odor and decomposing flesh odor (like dead animals found while fishing/hiking/camping).They are great to use while cleaning homes/businesses or using the restroom after someone else.I use these masks from time to time in moldy/mildew infested environments and I breath clearly without any issues.If your prescription glasses are fogging up, pinch the bendable metal strip (hard/firmly), within the mask, that rides on the bridge of your nose (above your nose just below the center of your eyes) to prevent warm, humid air leaving your lungs from fogging your glasses (or use this mask with the Anti-Fog Dewalt DPG82-11 Safety Glasses). If your glasses are still fogging up, pull the mask off your face about an inch and pinch the bendable metal strip, within the mask, before lowing the mask back in position over your mouth/nose for a better fit. The metal strip should form over the bridge of your nose and fit snug on the sides of your face below your eyes.Hope this helps others out.Note: I wrote this review without pay from anyone because I like how much this mask helps me out. I didn't receive anything for recommending the Dewalt Safety glasses either. This review included my personal review and facts from websites such as 3M (the manufacturer of this P100 disposable mask and WHO (The World Health Organization).Sincerely,Jacob LyleSurvivalGeek (On YouTube; my channel logo is a green smiley face)

I'm seriously sensitive to wood smoke and had to photograph some fires. I know the regular N95 masks don't work for smoke, so I researched and bought this type of mask. Working in it for several hours, I didn't smell any smoke at all.

I bought 4 masks for a flight, with the plan to use 2 masks there (2 people) and 2 masks back. So, call me surprised to find in the car on the way to the airport that the first sealed mask I opened had NO HEAD STRAPS in the bag (there should be two, and yes I did check the back to make sure they didn't just ship detached). WTF!So, I open ANOTHER mask... and this one only had ONE STRAP. Again, USELESS! So that's $22 dollars down the drain now.Before opening a 3rd and 4th bag, I feel around and check them out to find that only one of the masks had both straps, while the other had none!TL;DR: If you're looking to buy sealed, individually bagged masks to rely on (because why else would you buy a P100 respirator if you weren't) you probably should not buy these. Clearly something went horribly wrong at the 3M factory that makes me question everything about them. Get the near identical N100 version, if you can, or one of the hard reusable respirators if you actually need a P100 (which I really didn't need a P-rating for my use case)I probably should have known they'd be defective or irregular from their pricing... I bought them this time because they were cheaper then their identically-constructed N100 sibling; which I have bought plenty of over the past few years and NEVER had a problem with!

This is an excellent product, with one massive blemish. It's packaged in just a plastic bag. Since Amazon absolutely has to save $0.000001 on packaging, they will ship it in another plastic bag. The masks get squished out of shape about 95% of the time.Unsquished, these masks are very comfortable. None of the material touches your lips or the bottom part of your nose.Squished, they are itchy and surprisingly annoying. They are also way less safe. After about ten minutes of this torture you start adjusting them and loosening the straps. Eventually you settle on a configuration where the mask is basically halfway off and air just goes around it.3M should really package them in boxes. And for the love of all that is holy, Amazon needs to add an option to request boxes instead of bags.

Good to have some of these on hand should they be needed in an emergency. Get them now before they sell out again during another event