Question 1

Is this a considered a Class 1 Medical Device in Canada?

Accepted Answer

This is a consumer product only & is not for medical use. The product offers added personal protection against dust particles & germs, when social distancing of 6 feet, may be compromised.

Question 2

Does this unit also mount onto prescription &/or sun glasses?

Accepted Answer

It is designed to fit most prescription or sun glasses.

Question 3

Is the PET face shield re-usable?

Accepted Answer

Yes, we suggest that you hand wash it every day with warm/mild soapy water & pat dry with a soft cloth.

Question 4

Are any of the plastic components made from recycled plastics?

Accepted Answer

Yes, both the Flexible PVC nose piece & the PET Shield have some recycled plastic content.

Question 5

Are the face shield & nose piece recyclable resins?

Accepted Answer

Yes, both are recyclable & can be molded into new products downstream, however, check with your community for recycling practices in your city or region.

Question 6

Do the safety glasses in the kits meet any ANSI standards?

Accepted Answer

Yes, the 3M safety glasses meet the ANSI-Z87.1 Standard.

Question 7

How durable is the 3M adhesive that holds the nose piece on?

Accepted Answer

It is very durable, it can be peeled off the glasses but it certainly does take some effort to do so.

Question 8

It covers the eyes, nose, and mouth, why isn't it a PPE?"

Accepted Answer

It doesn't qualify. A PPE shield by definition is required to cover the cheeks and forehead as well.

Question 9

It doesn't filter!

Accepted Answer

Correct.
It works differently. Most everyday masks filter around 15% after leakage and efficiency with all the air entering the shared envelope This shield diverts approx. 85% of ones exhale downwards away from the shared enveloped, expecting a greater portion to reach the ground sooner.

Question 10

How does it protect me?

Accepted Answer

Versus a mask, it forces one to wear a pair of glasses, covering the third entry entry point.
With respect to particles, both shields and masks block the larger particles from someone else. These particles when exhaled are enrobed in moisture, making them heavier and larger,
but like a person's breath in cool air, the particle dry very quickly to it base particle.
In the case of Covid, thats .150 microns. Unless you have an N95 properly sealed to the face there is little protection.

Question 11

What's a benefit of the shield versus a mask?

Accepted Answer

One thing not discussed much is the cumulative effect When a mask is contaminated. the wearer continuously breathes through the compromised media. The shield has no filter.

Question 12

Can you explain a bit more about aerosols.

Accepted Answer

Typically aerosols are around 1 micron. A normal breathe is over 80% less than this. Particles like a virus are enrobed in moisture at about 0.7 microns and is dried in the air, much like how you see your breath on a cold night and quickly dries and disappears, reduces to its
base particle.

Question 13

Why the reference to being able to smell smoke?

Accepted Answer

Smoke particles are around the 1 micron range, similar to the moisture enrobed particles. Hence if you smell smoke, an sufficient number of particles are passing either through or
around a mask that the body can sense.

Question 14

Why so small as opposed to a full face piece?

Accepted Answer

The objective of the shield was to control a person's exhale and try and maintain the velocity that the body naturally creates. The greater the downward velocity, the sooner the particles reach the ground.

Question 15

Do you have a kids size?

Accepted Answer

We opted to create one size that can be trimmed for the smaller faces. It was tough enough trying to balance all the different Facial features as it was.

Question 16

Why is it open on the bottom?

Accepted Answer

It works differently. Being open there is little pressure required like a cloth mask. A person's breathing requires around 1 to 2 pascals and a properly seal surgical mask rated at a normal breath requires several times that. Most people don't experience the pressure do to the amount of leakage.

Question 17

Leakage, where?"

Accepted Answer

Consider a shaven face and a custom fit is required for the N95 mask. Just think about the size of your nostrils and compare it to the gaps around the nose to the mask, let alone all the areas at the pleats. If you have a good seal, great.

Question 18

Isn't it cooler?

Accepted Answer

For most, it is far cooler than a mask, but some have found it equally as warm. Those few have the shield pressing against the face. I prefer a light touch, and I find its cool.

Question 19

Can you wear it with a mask?

Accepted Answer

Yes, But. The benefit for fogging is gone There is another case. We have a large number of industrial users that required a face shield over their mask. They now use this shield versus the full blown PPE.

Question 20

I like the feel of a mask on my face, its ensuring, but I don't feel that with the shield."

Accepted Answer

It was never meant to press heavily against the face. This was a beef by a number who had rashes and hated the pressure at the ears. You cant change this a bit by the clip location and by bending the docking section on a bit of an angle. But be careful, it is only a thin plastic.

Question 21

Why is this better than a mask?

Accepted Answer

That's subjective. Lightweight, easy to clean and dry, easier to breath, little accumulation of contaminate. Constant resistance versus masks when they get damp. But basically it's an impermeable barrier that directs the air away from the shared envelope, and being downward, reaching the ground sooner.

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