Anti Pollution Maks

kingrollo

OK well the Mask arrived , and I cycled in this morning. It steam up my specs at the traffic lights after a climb - so I had to cycle the last 1/2 mile maskless.

I have been taking sudafed which helps with the throat problem - but when I stop taking them that will be the test of if the mask is working. I actually think its taking in cold air that triggers it - not pollution - but we shall see

rjsterry

The trick is to get the fit nice and snug, so you don't get any leakage, particularly at the top edge of the mask.

Try different adjustments of the metal nose clip thingy, bit of a fiddle, but persevere (on a quiet road).

Twist the exhaust valves round so they don't point straight up into your glasses.

Experiment with slightly different positions for your glasses. I find it helps if I sit the nose bridge on the edge of the mask rather than behind it, it works a lot better.

MonkeyMonster

rjsterry wrote:

The trick is to get the fit nice and snug, so you don't get any leakage, particularly at the top edge of the mask.

Try different adjustments of the metal nose clip thingy, bit of a fiddle, but persevere (on a quiet road).

Twist the exhaust valves round so they don't point straight up into your glasses.

Experiment with slightly different positions for your glasses. I find it helps if I sit the nose bridge on the edge of the mask rather than behind it, it works a lot better.

all points extremely valid especially the nose bridge on the mask and the vent exhaust ports.

il_principe

Horrible things (IMHO) and from what I understand they don't filter out the really dangerous stuff anyway. The delectable Dr Alice Roberts did a little test re cycling an pollution and concluded that unless you sat directly behind HGV's all day it wasn't anything to be concerned with. I binned mine after 2 weeks I think, couldn't breathe at all through the damn thing, + it got all damp and nasty. In order for the really good masks - ie the ones with the charcoal etc - to work properly you're gonna need a pretty tight seal between face and mask - I could never get that seal to hold and on the rare occasion I could it made breathing even tougher.

kingrollo

rjsterry wrote:

The trick is to get the fit nice and snug, so you don't get any leakage, particularly at the top edge of the mask.

Try different adjustments of the metal nose clip thingy, bit of a fiddle, but persevere (on a quiet road).

Twist the exhaust valves round so they don't point straight up into your glasses.

Experiment with slightly different positions for your glasses. I find it helps if I sit the nose bridge on the edge of the mask rather than behind it, it works a lot better.

Ermmm - my mask was £10 of ebay - don't think Ive got exhaust ports !
I was trying to sort of breathe downwards at the lights - with limited success !

Overall though not as bad as suggested by some. My work colleagues were slightly disappointing, they said I only looked slightly more stupid than normal !

rjsterry

Il Principe wrote:

Horrible things (IMHO) and from what I understand they don't filter out the really dangerous stuff anyway. The delectable Dr Alice Roberts did a little test re cycling an pollution and concluded that unless you sat directly behind HGV's all day it wasn't anything to be concerned with. I binned mine after 2 weeks I think, couldn't breathe at all through the damn thing, + it got all damp and nasty. In order for the really good masks - ie the ones with the charcoal etc - to work properly you're gonna need a pretty tight seal between face and mask - I could never get that seal to hold and on the rare occasion I could it made breathing even tougher.

How about if Rapha made one?