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Three Aldi cotton face masks for €4.90

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  • #2
    DareGod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭DareGod


    Bargain? What's the usual price?


  • #3
    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    They look like a massive improvement over the previous cotton 'hannibal' masks.


  • #4
    DuffleBag
    Registered Users Posts: 649 ✭✭✭DuffleBag


    Still expensive for what they are tbh


  • #5
    zell12
    Registered Users Posts: 23,275 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    Sure Aldi had them weeks ago for the same price. Not a bargain, just normally priced
    https://leaflets.aldi.ie/view/547442/24/


  • #6
    go4it
    Registered Users Posts: 453 ✭✭go4it


    DuffleBag wrote: »
    Still expensive for what they are tbh


    If it's to take the 3 euro price of an adult T-shirt as benchmark , made from blended cotton at max 40C wash...this mask is great value.
    The biggest cost it's not the cotton/fabric , but the sewing part ( even with a semi automated industrial machine )


    got a shock a few years back when the price to change the metal zipper on a jacket ( labor cost only, had my own spare zipper ) was costing 60% of a new jacket...


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  • #7
    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,407 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    zell12 wrote: »
    Sure Aldi had them weeks ago for the same price. Not a bargain, just normally priced
    https://leaflets.aldi.ie/view/547442/24/

    A fiver food three is dirt cheap. Try Amazon or Ebay.


  • #8
    Sam Hain
    Registered Users Posts: 1,315 ✭✭✭Sam Hain


    DareGod wrote: »
    Bargain? What's the usual price?

    No need for such a niggardly sounding reply.


  • #9
    DareGod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭DareGod


    Sam Hain wrote: »
    No need for such a niggardly sounding reply.

    Niggardly?

    Whatever that means, I actually do believe there's a need to question whether a bargain in Bargain Alerts is in fact a bargain.


  • #10
    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,407 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    zell12 wrote: »
    Sure Aldi had them weeks ago for the same price. Not a bargain, just normally priced
    https://leaflets.aldi.ie/view/547442/24/

    If they're cheap it's a bargain.


  • #11
    silver2020
    Registered Users Posts: 2,045 ✭✭✭silver2020


    I wouldn't have cotton directly on the mouth. It would need a second layer of a treated material. Cotton fibre inhalation can cause irritation, so the second layer that is the barrier between the cotton and the mouth should be a different material such as wigofil.

    These probably fine for the few minutes you are in and out of a shop, but I'd be looking for a second protective layer if using it for longer periods


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  • #12
    123654789
    Registered Users Posts: 1,018 ✭✭✭123654789


    Not in store but still on website?


  • #13
    bobbyy gee
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    Most cotton masks are. Useless blow into them onto your hand if you feel air they are not working try this on all masks


  • #14
    Leo Demidov
    Registered Users Posts: 991 ✭✭✭Leo Demidov


    bobbyy gee wrote:
    Most cotton masks are. Useless blow into them onto your hand if you feel air they are not working try this on all masks

    I'm gonna say that if air can't pass through the mask, you won't be able to breath. I can't testify to the efficacy of cotton masks in general but air needs to pass through regardless of the barrier used.


  • #15
    Arnold Layne
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    In Stores today


  • #16
    Kickstart1.3
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 186 ✭✭Kickstart1.3


    Those blue cotton masks with the folds on them, I see the teenagers have started putting holes under the folds to make it easier to breath :D


  • #17
    California Dreamer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭California Dreamer


    I went to Kildare Masks on Instagram and paid €6 for 1. Donation to charity and helps a micro business.


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