Cycling Ultralight Face Mask

I've been using it for 3 weeks, it's annoying, pinches my nose, not very compatible with sunglasses...Then today I forgot it at home, and realised after 2 minutes that I hadn't smelled a car exhaust for 3 weeks ! I won't forget it again.

I’ve been wearing these type of replaceable filter dust masks while road cycling for about a year and half. Decided to try out an official Respro now that they’re available on Amazon. There’s definitely a appreciable quality difference from the knock offs. Most noticeably the quality of the filter. The respro filter is much softer, almost pillowy, with little or none of the rough scratchy edges common on the knock off filters. The edges of mask itself are also much smoother than the knock off versions and more comfortable against my skin. This is the first dust mask I’ve used that doesn’t have ear loops and I thought that might be a problem. But I find the no-ear-loop style stays in place, not sliding down my nose at all. Overall and excellent mask for comfort and breathability especially when doing extended periods of high intensity cardio exercise.I don’t think respro is claiming these are anti fog masks but I’ll just say that you can plan on plenty of fog and fidgeting with your glasses just like with 99.9% of the masks on the market. For a anti fog (though a much less breathable filter so I don’t recommend for cardio workouts) try the Oakley MSK3 mask which is the only true anti fog mask I’ve come across so far.

Start with the pros: - arrived in good time - breathing through it I feel like the air is genuinely being filtered (I can quite happily sit behind a London bus and not notice the diesel) - doesn't noticeably interrupt breathing when doing exercise (I cycle 40 minutes on a commute)Cons: - my main gripe is the condensation. So much of it accumulates that I can't use it for more than 10-15 minutes without stopping, taking it, off, shaking out all the moisture and wiping it down. - the fit isn't great. I want to have two straps to put around my ears but it doesn't have them, it just slowly slides down the back of your head. It never falls completely off though because you have to take it off to get rid of the condensation - the price. After having done some googling and read the reviews I thought that spending a little extra would get me great mask, but it doesn't cut it. Had I only spent £20 I wouldn't be so annoyed with it

Great bargain this, the best masks for pollution, running and cycling, just make sure you got it big enough..i was using a City respro mask that was medium and i it was too small and i'm in no way a big guy, most stuff i wear is medium ( cut the bridge of my nose) so go large with it or xl if your large, you can always tighten the neck strap, infact it gave me more room for ajustment compared to my City nose breaker. Had mine for a few months now and run withi t regularly. definatly now summers coming..

So the mask arrived yesterday and this morning I had a chance to try it for the first time.I commute in London every day with my bicycle 20 minutes to go to my studio and 20 mins to come back. 15 mins over 20 are inside heavy traffic.I've already tried several masks, from the cheap version on amazon to the more "pro" version like this one and Totobobo. After losing my Totobobo mask I decided to try Respro.I'm absolutely disappointed by this mask, this is the most expensive mask you can find around, I was really looking for something that could let me breathing and protect me at the same time from pollution.The mask is comfortable at a first test, but as many other mask of this kind when you close the strap behind your neck the natural position of the mask tend to slide down in your face and, absolutely annoying, it tend to put weight on top of your nose pulling it down. The result is it became very difficult to use your nose to breath, and you start using your mouth, absolutely not cool as the nose has his natural filtering properties anyway...Second bad point probably the worst, your breath become fire into this mask, when you breath out it just feel like you are wearing a winter jacket in your face, I've no idea why it is so hot I've never had this problem with a Totobobo mask...Hot too hot, and I'm not an easy complainer person, but today I had to remove the mask at a traffic light as I was literally burning...So conclusion is, for me this mask just doesn't do the job, until now the only mask that really worked for me is the Totobobo, even if it looks absolutely terrible and when on the road people look at you as you are coming out from MadMax movie. With Totobobo I felt almost like not wearing a mask, easy to breath, so I will consider buy it again soon. What can I do...