To ask how many facemasks you have?

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I've ordered another 8 and have my eye on another 5 pack....when in reality how many reusable ones do I need...am I getting obsessed?

I can't even leave the house without one in my bag due to current rules so I guess it's not a bad thing!

I bought my recent pack from the £shop it's pep &co they were £3 .99 and they are better than the ones I bought elsewhere .

One reusable one. I'm not really going into shops for now but I might need to invest in a couple more if this is going be a long term thing.

About 600. Sounds like a lot, but I would never wear the same one in more than one place, always at least 4 simultaneously, boil wash them and soak in bleach for 72hrs. If we actually leave the house we burn them after use. I'm not at all ott, paranoid, or in need of a hobby. But anything else is just irresponsible.

15 adult size ones, 10 kid size ones. Reusable.

I have two and a box of 50 filters for them and a pack of 10 disposable In the car that were provided from DS2 respite in a box with sanitiser, hand wash, wipes and gloves. Not sure if I am ever going to need and they do not want it back.

Thanks for all your replies...I feel ok now although I feel I may slowly floating into @RufustheSniggeringReindeer where I think there may be something wrong with me

@flirtygirl I hear you regarding the sci fi shield look but I also think it looks like the men who collect and deliver money in shops and banks with those cases....

I am also looking at it as an accessory.

@TrainspottingWelsh

About 600. Sounds like a lot, but I would never wear the same one in more than one place, always at least 4 simultaneously, boil wash them and soak in bleach for 72hrs. If we actually leave the house we burn them after use. I'm not at all ott, paranoid, or in need of a hobby. But anything else is just irresponsible.

I have one and another 2 on the way.

The one I have has got candy skulls on. The two I have coming have strawberries on one and lemons and limes on the other.

A friend said to me masks are the new bags and scarfs.

One. So far I've worn it for 3 minutes in Holland and Barrett (no-one else in there) and 5 minutes in the pharmacy when I went to collect my prescription.

Oh my god. I just checked out that liberty masks and that's it. I am flying mum in here with all her old duvets and stuff. We will be bloody millionaires 😂😂

Bought 6 Boden washable face coverings for three of us

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I’ve got a box of disposables, 2 single layer cotton ones, which are comfy to wear but I don’t feel very “protected” in them, 2 from the big bloomer co, which look like a sock, but are really comfy, with space for a filter, and an N95 type one which feels like I’m trying to breathe through a plastic bag!

@Consideredopinion

I find it depressing that so many people on this thread are using disposable masks.

Can I ask where youre all buying decent fabric ones from please?

A lot of people I see aren’t actually wearing decent ones.

WHO advises 3 layer masks. I had a woman today rave about how easy the (tight, stretched one layer I could see her lips through) mask she had on was to breathe in “much better than those medical ones the hospital make you wear”. Great.

I’ve got 2 Paisie reusable and 4 more on order. I did have 4 but gave one to DH because he would never have sorted it out and I gave one to my DSis on a whim which I now regret. I got them back in the days of “this may all blow over in a bit, but just in case”. I want to have enough so I’ve always got two available and a few in the wash now we are past little baby stage and I don’t do laundry every hour.

I want to make my own out of my HUGE postpartum M&S pants (of dreams) but I don’t have a sewing machine. My DH can’t even look at them without shuddering and wants them nowhere near his face. I am so thrilled I could never bear to part with them (after his repeated pleas that I burn them) and feel thoroughly vindicated. Large enough to make 20 or so, or turn into a flag for a new nation state.

Box of 50 disposable ones. None used yet.
6 fabric ones.

I got mine when Isabel Mann’s was selling her off cuts of silk with money going to the NHS. I think she does cotton ones now.

consideredopinion

3 layer

folksy.com/shops/SusanneBurgessMillinery

None.

I have a snood that I will wear when I need to but I don't use public transport and WFH so it's only when I go to the supermarket (and I am doing home delivery or C&C as far as possible)

Come join me on the dark side sugar

@powkin

You can sew by hand. I

My daughter made our masks. 3 layers as recommended, and sizing altered to fit us individually (she's a fashion student).

The Liberty ones are pricey, but they feel so nice and fit brilliantly. I have sensory issues and had been getting a bit worked up trying to make my peace with the fact that they're not going anywhere and I need to just get on with it. The beautiful designs and comfortable fabric make me feel much better about it all. I won't buy any more and will be washing and reusing these for probably a long time to come, so I don't think the £40 is actually too bad.

as many as I have pairs of knickers

I've got one Kurt Geiger and one copper clothing mask.i wear one and wash one
The system will likely fail though and I'm thinking about getting an extra 3 pack, probably the John lewis designer set as they are rated highly. I got my teenagers a 3 packs of Adidas masks. They went down well with them.