Which Respro® Mask to use for wildfire smoke

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Which Respro® Mask to use for Wildfire Smoke

Wildfire smoke can make air pollution even worse. The air can travel thousands of kilometers, far away from the location of the fire, and even days after the fire has been put out.
These smoke plumes contain high levels of fine particulate matter (PM), that can be inhaled deeply into the lungs and have devastating health effects.

We recommend the Respro® Ultralight™ Mask with a Cinqro™ Urban filter pack.

The filter fitted in the Respro® Ultralight™ Mask as standard (Cinqro™ Sports filter) is a Hepa-type filter, perfect for sub-micron black smoke particulates and pollen (smaller than PM2.5 and less than 1 micron).

The filter pack supplied with the ‘combo’ kit is the Cinqro™ Urban Filter. This filter is a combination filter made of an Dynamic Activated Charcoal Cloth (DACC) layer laminated to the Hepa-type particulate layer of the Sports filter. It provides a broader spectrum of screening which would include wood gas and carbonaceous pollution together with filtration from urban vehicle pollution.

The Respro® Ultralight™ Mask is made from air permeable material which is good for facial ventilation, comes in 4 sizes for a comfortable flexible fit and is fitted with the Powa Elite valves for humidity control in the filter.

A more economical solution would be the Respro® Techno™ Mask, as this has a combination filter similar in specification to the Cinqro™ Urban Filter.

Respro® Mask size guide.

All our masks and filters are interchangeable. Please make sure to use the same size filter as your mask.