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Absolutely. Now I don’t know how it is rated for bacteria and microbes but it should easily restrict the dust particles.

@@FieldGuidetoDIYThank you!😊

Actually it does. Surprisingly it draws almost entirely through the filters.

You would think a beard makes an opening but when the military started allowing facial hair they discovered that the masks worked the same as before

Hmm, I am not familiar with those studies. I will have to look into that.

@@FieldGuidetoDIY to be fair, that's what the guy running the gas mask fit check told me.

@@nema151 funny you mention that. In my previous IT Sys Admin job, I installed “fit test” software for firefighters' breathing apparatus. And those firefighters had some serious facial hair.