Lightweight dust mask - basecamp?

[Agent_zed]

Hi,

I've decided I want a lighter dust mask. I've been using respirators up until now but finding they are heavy on my face, so want something a lot lighter. I get a lot of sinus problems so I'm trying to find something with a lot less weight around my nose.

I've looked at a few like the stealth but the replacement filters are expensive and it still looks quite large. Doing a bit of googling and youtubing and came across the basecamp masks
in particular this one -

https://bcmask.com/products/m-pro-dust-mask

I think they are American but ship to the UK etc.

It looks pretty much exactly what what I'm after.

Does anyone have any experience with using one? They appear to have all the correct certification etc but I don't know the brand to know how reputable they are.

Cost wise it would be a good deal as each filter is only a few quid to replace.

thanks

 

[Glynne]

I’m just in the process of researching a replacement dust mask (as filters for mine are no longer available) and I saw your post.
The link you provided looks an ideal fit for what I want and I wondered whether you had gone ahead and bought one and what you’re opinion was?

 

[Agent_zed]

I’m just in the process of researching a replacement dust mask (as filters for mine are no longer available) and I saw your post.
The link you provided looks an ideal fit for what I want and I wondered whether you had gone ahead and bought one and what you’re opinion was?

Hi,

haven't bought one yet as I'm terrible at getting around to doing things. I do intend to buy one and I was waiting til 'black friday' deals to see if they did a deal.

Interestingly though I'm pretty sure their 'black friday' deal that is on their homepage is actually more expensive than it was before. I'm reasonably sure that they had free shipping previously and 10% off, this has now changed to paid shipping (for less than $49.50) and 20% off, which I think works out more expensive as shipping is $11. But I might be remembering wrong.

I might wait til the sale is over and hope it goes back to free shipping as I only want a mask and some replacement filters so won't get over the threshold for free shipping at the moment.

I did contact them about the mask itself though and they did say it was certified to FFP2 although they say 99.6% filtration on their website but FFP2 is >94%. Although this is probably to do with particle size? Nothing to say that a FFP2 can't filter out 99.6% of particles as 94% is the min value, not max.

https://bcmask.com/pages/base-camp-filter-testing

If I get one soon I'll update on how I find it.