Where did you buy your mask?

I got a box of disposable ones from the flea market. My dry cleaner reopened recently & they are selling washable ones for $3. Do you want their address?

Amazon. Where I get everything else now. Bluejeans arrived today!

Clothmyths.com. The Hawaiian print, the Versace knockoff, and a formal black number

Same place I buy my caftans.

Drugstore on the ground floor of my building.

A hardware store selling real 3M. No cloth “masks” for me. They are just window dressing.

R6 - still better than nothing if you go grocery shopping on Staten Island.

Like R2 I bought from Amazon. Also bought two pairs of pants because I've gained weight. (Yes, I'm typing fat.)

I had to wait for these Vida masks for a while but very nicely made (filter pocket, included filter and nose wire) and very nice material for hot weather. The linen ones i bought on Etsy are much bulkier.

Sketchy dollar store in the ghetto and then reusable ones from a sketchy guy on NextDoor.

mask?

Produce isle.

I drove by a MOBIL station today and they had a big sign that said -Hand Sanitizer and Masks for sale.

R8- Me too. My eating is OUT OF CONTROL.

Etsy. I bought all of mine off of Etsy. Lots of nice patterns, washable and they're being made by ordinary folks who are trying to make some extra money during tough times. Since I can't sew worth a damn I figure it's a win/win.

Internet order, direct from Wuhan, China.

R16 - second class...mine are from Milan.

Got a super light silicone mask from GIR and 2nd for running outside from Zensah

A friend of mine—a crafter who sells things on Etsy—made the ones I use, but a lot of clothing companies are selling them online.

Anyone who doesn’t make her own mask, or make her own mayonnaise, is a failure.

R20 sews his own clothes, churns his own butter, brews his own beer, and lays his own eggs.

Disposal ones from local pharmacy.

Got a ski mask type design from online. Comfortable, unique, washable.

Garden center sells black disposal ones.

I don’t have anything interesting to add about where I got my several masks. Amazon. But boy they can get hot! This was the first really hot day here in Southern New England. In the eighties. Was out for two hours max and I was dying to take the damn thing off. Now looking for alternatives to what I have. Which is fabric with disposable filters. Any suggestions?

I got them at Duane Reade in NYC, they're disposable 3ply surgical mask. made in CA.

I've bought some at CVS as well, they sell them 1.99 per mask, they are individually sealed.

Many people are wearing 2 masks. cloth mask over disposable. I saw a doctor with MD car plates, and he was also wearing white coat, step out of his car and he was wearing 2 surgical masks.

I'm wearing 2 masks as well.

I wouldn't buy anything on Amazon, lots of fake products and defective products.

My buddy lives downtown and he walked by chinatown, all the stores were selling face masks. you have to be careful though...he was being cheap and bought 50 masks (disposable) for 30 bucks and when he got home, the ear pieces fell of the second he put them on.

Box of 50 disposable on Amazon.

R24 - excuse my ignorance but why would you wear 2 masks?

On that note, I did see pics of people with no masks who used an unused sanitary pad to cover their nose and mouth if they forgot theirs at home. I wish Trump did that...with a used one.

A local Chinese Restaurant bought thousands of the KN-95 from China and gave then away for free. I suppose to build goodwill, I appreciate it but I am still not eating at their Chinese Buffet or any buffet for the foreseeable future, if ever.

I bought a lovely well-made linen mask (made in Belgium) on Etsy.

R26: extra layer of protection? I am just surprised they can breathe.

R29 - I can't breathe and the second I get to a place with nobody around (provided it is outdoors) or I can distance I pull the thing down. I am very careful to have it on inside and around people...however out here in Europe everyone has it under their chin and those under 30 have forgotten it exists.

R14 I’m eating a 16oz container of Butterfinger ice cream as I type!

Thankfully I didn't need to purchase any, as I had a box of ten from an old stucco project left, which I had found in a closet. My beau had a few left from several years ago as well. We've been reusing them too... They were both N-95 and American made.

A bandana and coffee filters

I bought a couple of masks on Etsy, but they proved to be too small, with the elastic pulling on my ears so tightly they quickly turned purple, then the mask would simply slip off one ear or the other.

The link at R3 seems to be mostly for women; at least most of their models are. And the masks I looked at were only available in 'M' - medium. Sounds like another that wouldn't fit.

I have a friend in California who sent me a couple of actual N95 masks, but they're tight as well - I leave the bottom strap off in order to avoid suffocating, and to keep it from cutting into my neck. Plus, the air I draw through them burns my throat.

I'd much prefer a soft cloth mask made of stretchy material, but everyone I've seen wearing one has told me they made their own, or a friend/family member made one for them. Any suggestions (preferably in the spirit of kindness)?

some sites to buy...gq article

a friend that is a painting contractor gave me one he had..........its an N 95 so feel lucky. Its getting a little worse for wear already tho.

Get a gas mask that’s designed for long hours of use. Much more comfortable and in my opinion much more effective because it has a tighter seal.

I have three cloth masks. Two of them are the pleated-design, given to me by a neighbor back in March (her daughter made them). The third is a bra-cup design (for lack of a better description) purchased from an Etsy store in early April. Of my cloth masks, the bra-cup design is the one I prefer to wear. Fits over my big schnozz better (less gapping on either side), with greater overall coverage, than the pleated style...and less fogging of my glasses! (Unfortunately, none of my cloth masks have a wire to form them over the nose).

I bought two boxes (50 ct.) of disposable, non-surgical masks from Cabeau.com. I find them much more comfortable than my cloth masks (lighter, cooler, easier to breath, bendy-strip over nose), but I'm very mindful about not "wasting" them. For quick errands -- when I'm only going to be in a store for a few minutes (which is most of my errands), the cloth masks are fine. But if I had to go into an indoor public space for more than 20-30 minutes.....a disposable mask would be far more comfortable. I keep a stash of disposable masks in the glove compartment of my car, just in case I wander out of the house one day without a cloth mask (hasn't happened yet), or perhaps, someone else needs mask (that has happened).

Lastly, in the early days of the pandemic, I ordered one of those vented, neoprene masks with filters (which is secured around back of your neck). I don't recall how much I paid for it, maybe $29.99? Total fucking WASTE of money! For one thing, it smelled Monsanto-level TOXIC when it arrived. I couldn't wear it! After a few days of "gassing out" in the sunlight, the nasty chemical smell went away. But the thing was just so fucking HOT....I couldn't stand it for more than a few minutes. And I live in non-humid Los Angeles. I can't even imagine what that thing would have felt like in the humidity of midwest/east coast/south. Also, the neoprene make my skin itch, horribly. Which negates one of the main functions of wearing a mask --- don't touch your face!

Hanes

My mom makes mine. I buy the Lilly Pulitzer fabric with contrasting thread, hand it over to mama and viola! Everyone wants to know where I get them. I had several Nova check Burberry ones initially, but those got boring. Now it’s pink flamingos with lime thread or blue giraffes with pink thread. Don’t tell the Lilly peeps.

Bronze aged gay gave me my very first. Now I have a selection from the hipster cafe on the block

My dentist's office gave me 20.

R16:

I got a box from Costco back in February...yes even then I knew...and then in April I ordered some disposable ones off Amazon They came from China, and didn't get them until mid June. I also have three bandanas and I have a pack of three reusable black masks from Amazon. I wear a mask around other people. Period. Not in my car. Not when I'm out walking at 7 AM, but when I go to the store. I confess I use the disposable masks more than once. But if I've only worn them briefly, like to take out the trash and pick up the mail, then so what.