Hmm...
Mixed feelings about this.
Is it or children or for adults? They lauch it as "Playmobil", so is it a toy? Why not e.g. "Lechuza FFPX sanitary mask"?
Did it go through clinical testing? Has it been approved by experts? If yes, what protection-grade label did it get?
They say one has to use paper-handkerchiefs to cut out filters to put in the mask... That doesn´t seem very protective to me!
Also, the price... 5 euros a piece, of which they say they´ll donate 1 euro to the German Red Cross.
So this can´t be regarded as a kind of charity action. Could it be regarded as a toy-company using the present crisis-situation and it´s brandname to make profits?
I am no expert, but shouldn't such a face mask require a seal in order to function properly?
I would hope that if anyone wanted/needed more info about the masks, they would be open to providing it OR have info available when they are listed for sale. I'd be interested to know more too if more info is made available
I'm a pretty cynical person generally. The fact that they made these first for their employees - well, they could have just got some generic masks that would have provided minimum protection. I'm not sure why they would go to all this trouble JUST to cash in on a crisis.
As far as a seal, there was nothing in their post as far as comparisons or claims with other masks (such as N95s). Seeing as they started out making this for their own workers, you would think they would have some health & safety data as far as what this mask is comparable with.
So many people i know have been making & wearing cloth masks, because in theory, they are better than nothing in certain environments, & at least these are easily washable & can have the filters switched out easily. You'd hope that they would provide *some* information about what could be used as filters, & how much protection they provide, however, I would assume this is for general use by the public, not for people who're really should be wearing higher protection as part of their job (such as healthcare workers, not that all the people who need it have the right/correct/adequate PPE)