Face Shield review

fyldeholistictherapies • July 30, 2020

Since COVID-19 we have to wear a face shield as mandatory PPE. So here are my thoughts on 4 different ones I've tried. 

Here are my thoughts on the face shield, having used several different styles. It has been mandated by the government that we wear one, as our main PPE. There is no mandate to wear a mask. When i first opened back up, this is the regulation i was working with, since then I've decided that I need to wear a mask as well. Wearing a mask and a shield has proved quite tricky and so it's been a bit of trial and error to find the right combination of mask and shield. In this blog i'm going to analyse the different shields.




Foam headband - face shield, £3.99 for 5 (Amazon)

This was the first shield i ordered and used. It is really comfortable with the foam headband. Easy to use, easy to fit, long enough to go passed my face and give a more full protection.



However there is one big drawback,  when using this shield with a mask, the foam headband traps your exhaled air so it doesn't escape. As a glasses wearer the first thing to fog up was my glasses, closely followed by the shield. That means 5 minutes into wearing the shield and mask, I've lost the ability to see.



I tried not wearing my glasses to see if that helped but unfortunately the shield still fogged up. Which isn't the end of the world during a massage but during Thai massage it is a big problem. Nobody wants a foot stuck in the wrong place!



So I had to find a solution to this problem.



My rating 3.5*








Ozone Slide On Face Shield/Spit Guard 5pk  - £12 for 5 (Amazon)


After the issue with fogging on the foam headband I tried to find a solution. I saw these as they clip onto your glasses. Potentially perfect, as there was a place for the hot exhales air to escape and my glasses shouldn't steam up.


Excitedly i fitted them to my glasses and that where the excitement ends, In a word they are rubbish!  There was no support in the middle so they drooped in the front, it fell so far forward eventually it went past my glasses so offering no eye protection.


In all honestly i haven't even tried one of these in treatment, as they had started to pull my glasses down. I can just imagine me having to mess around with them throughout the treatment just to keep it on.


My rating 0* - Absolute rubbish!





This face shield, has a polythene headband, with an elastic strap at the back. It was really comfortable to wear and gave almost full protection, I felt it wasn't quite long enough though.


The headband did make my forehead sweaty however there was very little fogging. So a sweaty forehead was definitely a good swap for being able to see!


 I really  liked this shield, it was lightweight, easy to use, easy to clean and didn't fog up.


My rating - 4*






This is the most expensive shield, and it really shows in the quality. It came with 2 headbands and 20 replace-able shield pieces. the headband is sturdy and come with an adjustable toggle at the back so you can get a snug fit. The visor is on a hinge so when you have your head down you aren't poking yourself in the chest with it, because you can pop it up slightly.



The visor itself is really long and i feel it gives much better protection. I did a full Thai massage with this and a mask and had no fogging as there is a nice gap between the headband and the visor band for the exhales air to escape.



The shield is easy to replace and it just pops on and off the little blue nodes. The instructions say the shield should only be used once then replaced. Which is a shame as i was hoping it could be sanitised and re-used. 



This is by far my favourite face shield.



My rating - 4.5*





So there's my review of some of the face shields on the market, I hope you found this post useful.  Let me know what you think in the comments.

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