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Home » Kids » Health & Safety » My Must-Have for Being Out with My Family this Season

My Must-Have for Being Out with My Family this Season

10/13/2020 by The Mama Maven

This post contains affiliate links. All opinions are my own.

We live in NYC, and in the last 2 years we haven’t really gone anywhere. But before that we rode the subway or bus almost daily. While my oldest child has the option to bike to school, my daughter was going to have to get to school either the subway or the bus the two days a week she is scheduled to go to school. I bought a bunch of cloth masks, but with school starting, I panicked because I got nervous about taking public transportation with her. I’ve heard all the news reports saying the KN95 Particle Respirators, otherwise known as KN95 Masks, were the best masks non-medical professions should use, so I was beyond relieved when I got some KN95 Masks to try out.

If I was going to have to take my child on the subway or bus, I wanted to have the best mask possible for us to wear and that’s the KN95 Mask. This is my must-have for being out with my family this season.

My must-have for being out with my family this season

By wearing a mask, I wanted to guarantee our safety and the safety of others around us. This isn’t the time to be selfish. And while the KN95 masks may not have the latest print or design, KN95 masks are vastly safer and are considered to be among the most protective masks available by the CDC and FDA. My brother-in-law, who is a dentist, always wears a KN95 Mask, as he feels that these are the safest.

Riding the Subway

So how was it taking public transportation? Honestly, some subway cars were empty and some were actually pretty full. No, it wasn’t like before Covid, but there were entirely too many people on two of the trains I was on, and some not even wearing masks.

Riding the NYC Subway
This train wasn’t too packed, but the person next to me was not wearing a mask

This train was another F train and was entirely too packed, but yes, all people were wearing masks.

Crowded NYC Subway
This F Train was too packed at 3:30 on a Friday

But am I comfortable riding public transportation again? No, not the subway. I would have to see it really empty and I am not sure that I can guarantee that. I’m actually pretty upset about it and I think I may have to either break my rule about not driving to pick up my daughter (her school is one exit from Manhattan) or I will stick to the MTA bus, which unfortunately makes the trip to her school 55 minutes, rather than the 35-40 minutes the subway takes.

But wearing the KN95 mask, I did feel safer. If I was able to control the way I can travel and wear a KN95 Mask, I would feel a lot more comfortable and the KN95 mask is my must-have for being out with my family this season.

KN95 Mask Diagram

KN95 Masks are Certified to Block 95% of Particles

However, more importantly than with a cute cloth mask — KN95 masks are certified to block 95% of particles and unlike cloth masks, water/droplets cannot pass through them.

Multi-Layer Purification for KN95 Masks

And to get a little more science to throw at you – KN95 masks are rated to capture 95% of tiny particles (0.3 micron particles). For reference, a human hair is 70 microns in diameter while bacteria and viruses are between 0.2 microns and 3.0 microns in size.

Plus, unlike cloth and bandana masks, KN95s are NOISH and FDA cleared due to their Tri-layer Protection. Individual Hydrophilic, Filtering, and Hydrophobic layers offer superior protection that normal cloth masks can’t contend with. Find out more info here.

How to Put on a KN95 Mask

  • Take mask out of plastic package
  • Fit mask to the bridge of your nose
  • Loop straps behind or ears
  • Check the fit, make sure it is fitting correctly.

And while I don’t love it, we will be wearing masks for the foreseeable future, wouldn’t you want to wear the safest one you can?

And here’s another perk: KN95 masks are disposable but can safely be reused several times. However, cloth masks need to be washed every day (and most people unfortunately don’t do that, so the limited protection they offer can actually get worse over time.. I joke about how all I seem to do is wash masks, but I really do feel that the KN95’s, which are tested to filter 95% of particles from the wearers, are a better choice when I can make sure I have them on hand.

The KN95 mask is a must-have for being out with my family this season.

Additional Resources to Research Mask Use

For more info about the “Effectiveness of Cloth Masks for Protection Against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2” – go here.

Article from the Mayo Clinic: COVID-19: How much protection do face masks offer?


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Filed Under: Covid-19, Covid-19, Health & Safety, Kids, Safety Tagged With: covid19, family safety, KN95 Masks, KN95 Particle Respirators, public transportation

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Comments

  1. Brandon Sparks says

    10/22/2020 at 7:01 PM

    Yes I would for sure use these masks. Thanks for this chance..

    Reply
  2. Breanne says

    10/22/2020 at 6:31 PM

    I would use them.

    Reply
  3. Steve says

    10/22/2020 at 3:14 PM

    I would use them of course!

    Reply
  4. Katie Smith says

    10/22/2020 at 10:24 AM

    This mask would be for my hubby who has to work with the public in and out of customers homes as a plumber. Thanks for the chance!

    Reply
  5. Jean Holland says

    10/21/2020 at 9:27 PM

    My husband and I would definitely use the masks since we are elderly. We only go out to the store every couple weeks or so and always wear a mask.

    Reply
  6. Daniel M says

    10/21/2020 at 3:16 PM

    i’d use them

    Reply
  7. Anne Brock says

    10/21/2020 at 2:20 PM

    I would use the masks for myself!

    Reply
  8. Stephen Taylor says

    10/21/2020 at 11:18 AM

    I would use them.

    Reply
  9. Julie R says

    10/21/2020 at 1:57 AM

    I would use the masks for myself!

    Reply
  10. Rajee Pandi says

    10/21/2020 at 12:54 AM

    We use them

    Reply
  11. Roberta Thompson says

    10/21/2020 at 12:30 AM

    My sister for sure. She has COPD, MS and Lupus and still wears a homemade cloth mask wherever she goes. This would give her more room to breath.

    Reply
  12. linda says

    10/20/2020 at 11:42 PM

    I would share with my husband.

    Reply
  13. Elle says

    10/20/2020 at 12:22 PM

    We would all use them.

    Reply
  14. Tim says

    10/20/2020 at 10:24 AM

    These would be used by our entire family. We wear masks whenever we go out, except we just use the cloth masks that don’t actually protect us, just prevent us from spreading.

    Reply
  15. Linda says

    10/19/2020 at 11:02 PM

    My husband and I.

    Reply
  16. Christina Gould says

    10/19/2020 at 8:38 PM

    I would use these masks. Thanks for the giveaway!

    (10/19/20 daily comment)

    Reply
  17. Elle says

    10/19/2020 at 1:49 PM

    My family would all use them.

    Reply
  18. Jessica Walker says

    10/19/2020 at 5:47 AM

    I would use the mask

    Reply
  19. Christina Gould says

    10/18/2020 at 12:06 PM

    I would use the masks. Thanks for the giveaway!

    (October 18 daily comment)

    Reply
  20. Anne S says

    10/18/2020 at 8:42 AM

    I would definitely have my mother who is now in her 90s use these masks. She is at high risk for complications if she were to get Covid so this mask would be a godsend!

    Reply
  21. Teresa D Kunberger says

    10/18/2020 at 2:39 AM

    i would give these to my husband to wear to work!

    Reply
  22. Kathy Eyre says

    10/17/2020 at 9:35 PM

    I’d be using the mask!!

    Reply
  23. fran says

    10/17/2020 at 8:26 PM

    I would give this to my daughter who will be flying home for the holidays and could use a better mask on the plane.

    Reply
  24. Christina Gould says

    10/17/2020 at 5:50 PM

    I would use the KN95 mask. Thanks for the giveaway!

    Reply
  25. Tony Platz says

    10/17/2020 at 3:37 PM

    My kids would wear them for shopping and work .

    Reply
  26. Darlene Carbajal says

    10/17/2020 at 3:15 PM

    My family and I will use them.

    Reply
  27. Lisa says

    10/17/2020 at 1:22 PM

    My family and I would love to use these.

    Reply
  28. Kelly D says

    10/17/2020 at 12:15 PM

    My kids, husband and I would use the masks.

    Reply
  29. Cindy Peterson says

    10/17/2020 at 10:52 AM

    I would gift these to my sister to wear on a trip that includes a plane ride.

    Reply
  30. Chris L says

    10/17/2020 at 8:54 AM

    I would be using it. Scares me a bit they way a lot of people do not even wear a mask when out shopping.

    Reply
  31. Ashley Turicik says

    10/17/2020 at 8:47 AM

    I would definitely use these masks for myself

    Reply
  32. Edye says

    10/17/2020 at 8:29 AM

    my whole family would use them!

    Reply
  33. Irina Plaksin Plaksin says

    10/13/2020 at 5:37 PM

    I love the name – KN95 Mask 🙂

    Reply

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