You were obviously paid to write this article and you know nothing about these masks. Before you buy gooogle this boomer company. Total deadbeats!

It is really strange to think about our face “sizes” isn’t it? Haha. When this first started I got masks from a local seamstress for myself, my partner and my dad. I tried mine on shortly after picking it up and it fit but was slightly big. So I thought my dad’s would fit him just fine as he’s like 5’6″ or something, kinda smaller for a guy. Well, he never tried it on until he got ready to go to a doctor’s appointment – and it was really tight! It flattened his nose, and pulled his ears forward. I was so surprised that his face/head was that much different than mine. Just never would have thought about this type of thing before masks.

Hahaha, I’ve never thought of my face being too long, but I’ve never had to wear masks either. Maybe it is, and the rest of my family. Either way, I think Boomer is going to ‘make it right’ for me. Whatever that means. They read my review and want to do something about it. So. . . good!

I find that i’m able to speak and move my mouth without mine pulling down off my nose. I wonder if you may have a longer face (or longer distance between your nose and chin, anyway) to where it barely is tall enough to cover both so any movement makes it fall down too low? I say that because I’ve noticed my dads mask (not from boomer naturals) barely is tall enough for him as-is, and I’ve noticed that his falls off his nose a lot more easily as a result of that. It’s barely ‘hanging on’ to the tip of his nose so when it wiggles as he talks, it falls.

Where for me, with my boomer naturals mask, it’s taller than I probably need, really – it covers a majority of my nose, so it would have to be tugged down more than a full inch before it could fall off my nose, so it never falls.

I, too, have bought masks from Boomers. I’ve been having issues with my masks all falling down my face as I talk. It seems that when my chin moves, and since the mask falls under it, it shimmys down my face until it’s situated under my mouth! Then I find myself adjusting it constantly. I tried a child’s large as well, PLUS the new ones that adjust on the nose/ears. They’re all the same. Even my family has issues with them. Not sure what’s wrong, maybe the shape? Does anyone else have these problems? I want to like them, but they don’t give me confidence when I go out.

I appreciate your thorough and descriptive answer to my question. I am not a big guy and I will try the normal adult size. Thank you so much for taking the time to answer. Best regards!

When we got ours I am pretty sure they were all just ‘adult size’ but I just measured our masks and they are 5 inches by just over 9 inches which is the measurements listed for the ‘regular’ adult size now. I wear this mask and it works but it is a bit big, but I am a smaller person so all the masks i’ve tried are a big bit on me. Ryan is just shy of 5’11” and over 200lbs, and had trouble with some other masks being uncomfortably tight. But his face shape is sort of oval, definitely not wide or ’round’, he doesn’t have chubby cheeks, etc. And I think head shape is a big factor because that is of course, how wide your face is between your ears is what determines how much space the mask has to cover. So for men of about his size but with a wider/rounder head, the L/XL size may be a better fit. For Ryan, he’s able to wear the boomer naturals mask at work all day, usually around 9 hours, without it bothering his ears or face.

What size did you and your husband use? Someone else asked about sizes but I didn’t see your response. Thanks so much!

I had a mask with the ear loops on them. I cut them out and rand a large piece of ribbon from the bottom up. I left enough space to pull it over my head. The bottom one goes near the bottom of my head and the top ribbon goes right at ear level. I used beads to attach it in two places. You tie the ribbon onto the small round bead, then you feed the ribbon from the other side through it and it goes over and you tie it to another small bead. That one has the ribbon run through the hole and it is the first one I tied on the other side. Basically it ends up being 2 slider ribbons. So I put it on reach back, pull the beads forward to opposite sides of my head and actually just lay them right there near my ears. No pulling and it stays nice and tight if it gets loose for some reason I just reach back and re tighten them. I can shop well over an hour and may have to adjust them one time. I wish people would start putting this on their masks. It takes a few more seconds that just looping them over your ears, but I think it is time well spent. I know I made it sound confusing on how to tie them and run the ribbon through going in the opposite direction. Hopefully it makes enough sense that you can make it work for you. If you can not get it to work, let me know and I will try to get a picture of them on here somehow.

Thus far all masks I’ve tried without nose clips will slide down my face. For this and other masks I buy the self adhesive metal nose clips off Amazon and Ebay, less than $10 for a hundred. They do the trick well but won’t make it thru the wash so do have to be replaced each time the mask is washed.

I’m skeptical of the “silver ion” technology but these masks pass the attempt to blow out the candle thru the mask test.

I haven’t tried surgical masks, but compared to the other fabric masks I have tried, this seems to be very similar in terms of breathability. I haven’t noticed any difference in that regard between the 3 masks I’ve tried.

I don’t think it is 30 days I think it is 30 use they say “Each cover may be worn and washed up to 30 times” on the site. So if you are sheltering at home and going out once a week, I think that would only count as 4 of your 30 uses? My understanding is that is because they are treated with silver nanoparticles which are naturally anti-bacterial and that effect will wear off when you wash the masks. I think that is also why they advise hand washing and air drying instead of putting through the washer and dryer. If you wanted to purchase them simply as a cloth barrier and aren’t concerned about the anti-bacterial benefits of the silver nanoparticles then I think you could just purchase them once.

Hi Patsy – to order you’ll want to head to https://boomernaturals.com/. 🙂