Fireflies offering Facemasks and N95 Respirators

Can any of the masks available on their site be used repeatedly? How many times? Which ones are disposable?

They all are disposable, they all can be reused. Disposables became reusable - we are making due with what we can do. Over here in NY, I see anything and everything being done.

Thank you for reaching out and the post. I ordered some Cooper KN95’s.

Hopefully they are quality.

I placed my order on 3/30. I also paid the extra for DHL. Status still just “paid” not shipped yet :confounded:

Got an answer from fireflies regarding my order today. He said they have been shipped but expect a 3-day delay due to the Qing Ming holiday. He is also away with family doing Qing Ming activities. I asked when he would post up a test video. He said he will when he returns.

I can confirm that - Jacky answered my email saying shipments are delayed until Apr. 6th because of the holiday.

The Chinese seem to be constantly on holiday …

yes, and their holidays are long too, ours are nothing compared to theirs, at most 4 day weekend. i really wish we stole that from their culture

@varbos: Please stop with the anti-Chinese sentiments.

Jack just posted up his test video. Not exactly what I was expecting as I was imagining laboratory type setup with blowers and air quality meters measuring particulate matter before and after the filter. But I did learn something useful and glad to know some “form” of test was done, which I’m sure other sellers don’t. Considering some state govs are now recommending wearing cloth face covers or non medical grade mask, and per test results posted in my earlier comments, whatever FF sells will be more than adequate for non front line HCP

Not “effective only” but “more effective” — you can look this stuff up.

Exposure to small quantities of virus for ordinary people, versus exposure to large quantities of virus from infected people getting health care.

The term you’re looking to understand is “viral load”

https://www.google.com/search?&q=viral+load+infectivity

https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-questions-about-covid-19-and-viral-load/

I fully understand that. That was my point. It was the US Surgeon General and CDC saying that.

‘STOP BUYING MASKS’: US Surgeon General warns wearing face masks could ‘increase the spread of coronavirus’

Here is CDC saying it

Though CDC finally changed their stance against wearing face mask 2 days ago
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/diy-cloth-face-coverings.html

Just ordered some KN95s lets see when they get here. I have a bunch of different N95s from 3M that I bought at Home depot before the pandemic that I used to use for work. I will compare both and see.

http://www.ff-light.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=66

Check box that says cooper…. [+$21]

Thanks. I placed the order. I hope they get here.

I think the holiday is over tonight, so hoping mine ship tonight/today.

Nothing shipped tonight. Here it says the Qingming Festival is April 4th through April 6th, so one more day: https://www.travelchinaguide.com/essential/public-holiday.htm

I got a response from Jack on a mistake I made when ordering - He said my order will be shipped in two days.

I also got a message from him saying 2 days to ship and 4-5 days transit