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mucifer

(25,557 posts) Fri Jan 23, 2026, 05:14 AM 8 hrs ago

If it's super cold where you are wear an N95 or KN95 works better than a scarf

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If it's super cold where you are wear an N95 or KN95 works better than a scarf (Original Post) mucifer 8 hrs ago OP

Why Is That? ProfessorGAC 4 hrs ago #1

I don't know. I just know I was walking for over a half hour in the forest preserve in Chicago last weekend mucifer 4 hrs ago #2

ProfessorGAC

(75,982 posts)

1. Why Is That?

Reply to mucifer (Original post)

Fri Jan 23, 2026, 08:22 AM

4 hrs ago

Is there a reason why it works better than a scarf?
Not getting why? The cold air itself goes right through both of them

mucifer

(25,557 posts)

2. I don't know. I just know I was walking for over a half hour in the forest preserve in Chicago last weekend

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 23, 2026, 08:27 AM

4 hrs ago

and with an N95 my face did not get cold at all. Also, I didn't get that cold drool on my face I get with scarfs. I don't really like scarfs.

I know today is colder.

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