We tried two new face masks – and finally found a made-in-SA one that works with glasses

After more than two years suffering through the Covid-19 pandemic, South Africans have surely, by now, come to appreciate the value of a good, comfortable face mask.

Over that time we have tried all manner of disposables to re-useables, and considered the best masks for exercise, the best mask if you wear glasses, and some pretty expensive mask options.

Two new mask companies approached Business Insider South Africa and asked us to put their brands to the test. So we sent our journalist out in the real world to see if they stood up the rigours of modern life. He decided to take them on the one experience that a mask must stay on, no matter how uncomfortable they can get: an aeroplane flight.

This is what he found, as a sample of one.