Half face · 10 filters
Tesoro Moda M401 half-face respirator with goggles
Ten filters and a pair of goggles in one box — and not a word about what the filters are rated for.
Every figure below names its source. Each one is a manufacturer
specification read off the listing itself. The judgments are ours.
The class letter is the specification
A respirator is bought on what its filter stops, and that is a class, not an
adjective.
In Europe the scale is FFP1, FFP2 and FFP3, and the published pages on this shelf
are chosen on it: FFP3 — the class hardwood dust warrants. In the United States
the equivalents are N95, R95 and P100, tested and approved under a federal
standard.
A listing that says carbon filter, dual filter or ten replacement filters has
named a construction and not a performance. None of the three American
respirators on this shelf publishes a class, and this site reports exactly what
each page carries.
Ten filters, and no rating
The page says ten replacement filters, replaceable and reusable.
No medium. No class. No efficiency.
The published FFP3 pages on the European half of this shelf lead with the class
and say what it buys: the right class for hardwood dust.
Here a buyer has ten of something.
And a list longer than one filter can cover
Sawdust, drywall dust, insulation, concrete grinding, shop clean-up — particulate
work, which any reasonable filter handles.
Spray painting, airbrushing, staining, finishing, pesticide spraying — organic
vapor and oil aerosol, which need a chemical cartridge or at least an
oil-rated particulate filter.
Soldering, welding prep — metal fume and flux vapor.
One filter does not do all of that, and the page does not say which part it does.
The goggles are the good idea
A half-face respirator covers the nose and mouth and leaves the eyes bare.
Goggles that fit over a respirator without lifting its seal are genuinely hard to
find, and a set sized to work together removes the problem.
The published Blue Eagle page on this shelf makes the mirror-image point: a
shield is not eye protection, and safety glasses still go on underneath.
Neither the goggles nor the mask here carries a standard.
Silicone, washable, reusable
The one part of this page that is unambiguous.
A silicone face piece seals better than fabric, takes a wash, and lasts years —
which is what separates a respirator from a disposable mask, and the listing
leads with it.
The published disposable FFP3 packs on this shelf have the opposite economics,
and their pages name it: disposable, a recurring cost rather than a purchase.
Availability
Read on the day this page was built: $30 at the American Amazon shop.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-10-07. The live price is at the top of the page.
