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Considering how much backlash there is around valved respirators, a purification system that blasts aerosolized droplets of spit out into the air seems like an obvious failure

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I think the target market is less “COVID” and more “Beijing air pollution”.

Or smoke season sort of anywhere downwind from the west coast of North America.

Respirator masks work much better though and are cheap. I put on my woodworking N99 respirator and it works perfectly for wildfire smoke. This is about the size of a Covid N95 mask

> Respirator masks work much better

I haven’t observed this to be true; I generally find them to be very uncomfortable. Do you have a brand recommendation?

I also have a pretty big beard which makes them less effective.

3m aura

100%, and even aside from cost I personally don't want another thing with batteries to manage. Elastomeric respirators can be even more comfortable with a better seal, and cheaper over repeated wear. Probably what I'll do if I need to be outdoors in heavy smoke again this year.

No it’s not. China especially is extremely wary of COVID spread more than anything, this product is never going to fly in that market.

It's genius - buy our product so you can protect yourself from everyone else wearing our product.

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