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I just started using a face shield this week, because I can't do the mask....a REVIEW

 
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I just started using a face shield this week, because I can't do the mask....a REVIEW
I am required per my job to wear a face mask covering anytime there is a client in my car. I tried the regular face mask, three of them, and I did get light headed and a headache with all of them. No good, given I'm a driver. The headache wasn't so bad, but the lightheadedness....well, I felt like my head was falling over, and it's hard to drive like that. I was getting panicky because of it.


So, I ordered face sheilds. They came two to a pack, made by Klear Stand, $26.23 all together. They have no writing on them and are made in the USA....woot!


A face shield is hands down a far more comfortable wear. I never have any breathing problems, no headache and no lighthead. After a bit I forget I have it on, although the foam cushion over the forehead can get hot and sweaty, if outside too long....thank gawd for ACed cars.


The only downside to it might be more occupational, than a downside for just a regular person. The downside is I do often need to take my sunglasses off and put my readers on, so I can read mileage and times. That part is already getting tedious for me.

Given my job is going to be one of the last where we're told we no longer have to wear face protection (I drive medicaid patients to their out of town appts.), I'm going to see about getting a pair of sunglasses that are also readers....and I'm getting the feeling we're going to be required to wear face coverings for at least through next winter, if not the full coming year. They will be a good buy for myself....I mean, even after this mess, those would be a good investment.

Oh, and if you have long hair, then you're going to need to pin your hair up the first time you get the velcro set for your head....I didn't think about it, and my hair got tangled in the velcro.....heh, as if I could afford to lose anymore of it.......billlaugh

I have seen another one on amazon that doesn't have the velcro, and just fits around the head....yikes, I guess kinda like a clamp, sort of, but not painful....harhar, but that looks even easier to use, with no velcro. I may try ordering one of those on down the road a bit. There are many different companies making them. Shop around.


As a "reviewer" of a face shield product, if you do need to wear a mask all day long, then you might want to check into the shields....at least you won't be breathing in your body's own waste. There are some cheaper, and there are some more expensive. Most of them seem to have Face Shield printed largely on them....but rolleyes they're SUCH a fashion statement, it can't be missed by anyone that a shield is on. I thought someone was going to ask me a question about mine at the store, but I was on a mission and moving along, so....yeah.

Also, I thought I'd look like a total derphead wearing it, but I do think the masks look worse....at least all of my face can be seen.....hf all of my smiles.


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I wear both. I hope it drives non-mask tards nuts.
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No pics or video review?

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Re: I just started using a face shield this week, because I can't do the mask....a REVIEW
I wear both. I hope it drives non-mask tards nuts.
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Well, I don't like wearing them....but my State, New Mexico, is flanked by Texas and Arizona, and it's really bad there in those two States. El Paso is supposed to be really bad, and that's only 100 miles away. If not required due to my job, I would be wearing a mask into stores because.....damned it's all around me.

I honestly think I had this virus at Christmas time. I went to the doc right away and got Tamiflu, so most of the symptoms were mitigated....but that Sunday morning before Christmas my breathing was so labored for about five hours. It scared me, because I had never had that happen before, save for during a heart attack, but I knew I wasn't having a heart attack. This was before there was any talk of the virus, and the shortness of breath took me by complete surprise.

Heh, if I thought I could trust the antibody test, I'd get one....but I don't think I trust the results on their tests. It'd really bite the big one to be told I have antibodies, when I don't, and then get it while thinking I was safe.....and I don't even want to catch a cold, much less the flu or this....virus.

I don't like being feeling sick and pukey.....tounge
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Re: I just started using a face shield this week, because I can't do the mask....a REVIEW
Here is a link to the ones I purchased--


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--and they've gone down in price!.......woohoo


Oh also, nothing gets fogged up and the splash guard is big.....hf
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Thank you for the pin.....flower
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I wear both. I hope it drives non-mask tards nuts.
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Why not just go full gas mask?
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I swear, I feel like I'm living in a scifi flick....charlie
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I wear both. I hope it drives non-mask tards nuts.
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Obedient slave.

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I wear both. I hope it drives non-mask tards nuts.
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Obedient slave.

Not a Leader, for sure
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C'mon....I didn't start this thread for it to turn into a verbal punching match. Move along.
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I wear both. I hope it drives non-mask tards nuts.
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Aww you believe everything you’re told huh?
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That's all I will wear to be able to get groceries. I do get a lot of looks but at least my lipstick doesn't get messed up :)
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Thanks OP. I'm glad people can see your smiles. The way I see it, social distancing removes our ability to touch each other, and wearing masks removes our ability to communicate nonverbally with each other. I feel removing both are by design for a purpose, but maybe thats just the paranoid in me coming out.....

There are probably a lot of unintended consequences that we haven't even thought of at this point by having an entire population wearing masks.

I love the shield idea as a viable alternative, although I still have major attitude about this whole covid thing.

Good luck finding sunglass readers - hope they exist.....
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The downside is I do often need to take my sunglasses off and put my readers on, so I can read mileage and times.

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Thanks OP. I'm glad people can see your smiles. The way I see it, social distancing removes our ability to touch each other, and wearing masks removes our ability to communicate nonverbally with each other. I feel removing both are by design for a purpose, but maybe thats just the paranoid in me coming out.....

There are probably a lot of unintended consequences that we haven't even thought of at this point by having an entire population wearing masks.

I love the shield idea as a viable alternative, although I still have major attitude about this whole covid thing.

Good luck finding sunglass readers - hope they exist.....
 Quoting: Paul Drake



I've seen them online, so I know I can find them....hf


I don't like any of this either, not for a second....but my livelihood depends on me wearing face protection.


Now, if I'm told I have to be vaccinated to continue working, then I will quit, on a dime, without reservation.

The face protection is as far as I'll go.
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That's all I will wear to be able to get groceries. I do get a lot of looks but at least my lipstick doesn't get messed up :)
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Cool! Maybe more people will wear them when they see you. Most have probably never thought of those shields.
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Re: I just started using a face shield this week, because I can't do the mask....a REVIEW
Thanks OP. I'm glad people can see your smiles. The way I see it, social distancing removes our ability to touch each other, and wearing masks removes our ability to communicate nonverbally with each other. I feel removing both are by design for a purpose, but maybe thats just the paranoid in me coming out.....

There are probably a lot of unintended consequences that we haven't even thought of at this point by having an entire population wearing masks.

I love the shield idea as a viable alternative, although I still have major attitude about this whole covid thing.

Good luck finding sunglass readers - hope they exist.....
 Quoting: Paul Drake



I've seen them online, so I know I can find them....hf


I don't like any of this either, not for a second....but my livelihood depends on me wearing face protection.


Now, if I'm told I have to be vaccinated to continue working, then I will quit, on a dime, without reservation.

The face protection is as far as I'll go.
 Quoting: cosmicgypsy


Yup. We shouldn’t be forced into a vaccine if we wear a mask. People who work at hospitals were told if they didn’t want the flu shot then they needed to wear a mask. Well now we are all wearing them so hopefully people can even opt out of the flu shot. Thanks for this thread.
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That's all I will wear to be able to get groceries. I do get a lot of looks but at least my lipstick doesn't get messed up :)
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I'm thinking I'm getting more curious looks, like their thinking about it....shrug


Heh, I just kept telling myself before wearing it, "I don't care what I look like, I'm keeping my job!"


I am VERY GRATEFUL I've been working this whole time! Every single day I'm counting my lucky stars I'm still working....ohyeah
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You should get a tinted mirrored face shield so you'll look like cobra commander banana2
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Re: I just started using a face shield this week, because I can't do the mask....a REVIEW
Thanks OP. I'm glad people can see your smiles. The way I see it, social distancing removes our ability to touch each other, and wearing masks removes our ability to communicate nonverbally with each other. I feel removing both are by design for a purpose, but maybe thats just the paranoid in me coming out.....

There are probably a lot of unintended consequences that we haven't even thought of at this point by having an entire population wearing masks.

I love the shield idea as a viable alternative, although I still have major attitude about this whole covid thing.

Good luck finding sunglass readers - hope they exist.....
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Yes they exist

Try TJMaxx before you spend the big bucks for sunglasses readers
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That's all I will wear to be able to get groceries. I do get a lot of looks but at least my lipstick doesn't get messed up :)
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I'm thinking I'm getting more curious looks, like their thinking about it....:shrug:


Heh, I just kept telling myself before wearing it, "I don't care what I look like, I'm keeping my job!"


I am VERY GRATEFUL I've been working this whole time! Every single day I'm counting my lucky stars I'm still working....ohyeah
 Quoting: cosmicgypsy


Maybe get yourself a few more before people figure it out and start buying them up and ditching the mask.
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Tha CG

I just applied for a new job and was regretting the attempt to get a medical exception

I get so dizzy with the mask I can’t navigate through a store or count the money to pay - almost fainted

I will be going to LOTS OF DIFFERENT Stores where they do not know me for the job - and I will try to not wear a mask - but things are tightening up where I am

The face shields look POSSIBLE to wear and get my job done in the store

I NEED AIR!
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5!***** for a Positive contribution to those that could lose a job for not wearing a mask -
But find it seriously compromises the need for AIR

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I just bought a package of two of them. I saw someone wearing one in a hospital and asked about getting one. I got mine on Amazon and it has the word Face Shield: Protective Isolation Mask.

I have not worn it yet, but plan to use it in the next few days.
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Re: I just started using a face shield this week, because I can't do the mask....a REVIEW
Thanks OP. I'm glad people can see your smiles. The way I see it, social distancing removes our ability to touch each other, and wearing masks removes our ability to communicate nonverbally with each other. I feel removing both are by design for a purpose, but maybe thats just the paranoid in me coming out.....

There are probably a lot of unintended consequences that we haven't even thought of at this point by having an entire population wearing masks.

I love the shield idea as a viable alternative, although I still have major attitude about this whole covid thing.

Good luck finding sunglass readers - hope they exist.....
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Yes they exist

Try TJMaxx before you spend the big bucks for sunglasses readers
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I’ve seen sunglass readers at dollar tree.
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Tha CG

I just applied for a new job and was regretting the attempt to get a medical exception

I get so dizzy with the mask I can’t navigate through a store or count the money to pay - almost fainted

I will be going to LOTS OF DIFFERENT Stores where they do not know me for the job - and I will try to not wear a mask - but things are tightening up where I am

The face shields look POSSIBLE to wear and get my job done in the store

I NEED AIR!
 Quoting: Theobromine The Deplorable


They make mesh face masks on Etsy that are easy to breathe in. But these face shields look like a great idea.
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I just bought a package of two of them. I saw someone wearing one in a hospital and asked about getting one. I got mine on Amazon and it has the word Face Shield: Protective Isolation Mask.

I have not worn it yet, but plan to use it in the next few days.
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That’s great!
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I wear both. I hope it drives non-mask tards nuts.
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Nope you're the only retard.
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Useless, explain how it stops airborne particles.
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The way I read New Mexico's nazi mask law is that all people must wear cloth face coverings, so wearing plastic shields and gas masks wouldn't actually be in compliance. However, a cheesecloth type mask with holes would meet compliance so would a mask made from worn out the shirt. It isn't about stopping germs it's all about feel good control. Ridiculous!

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