XRS badge, level X3

XRS level X3 · Breathing endurance

SEVERAL HOURS

Comfortable for several hours.

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6

1 = easiest to breathe through · 6 = hardest

What it means for you

  • Duration

    Designed for several hours at a stretch.

  • Effort you feel

    You feel that you are breathing through a mask, without discomfort.

  • Activity

    Calm to moderate activities; under sustained effort, discomfort appears sooner.

What it does not tell you

The XRS level measures breathing comfort, not protection. To know what this mask filters, look at its protection class (for example FFP2, N95, KN95) and the manufacturer's instructions. An XRS level never replaces a safety instruction.

How it is measured

A laboratory measures the effort needed to draw air through the new mask. This level corresponds to a specific resistance between 60 and 100 Pa/(L·s⁻¹).

See the technical sheet of the level

Verify this declaration

Every declared level is entered in a public register. If the number is not there, write to us.

Format XRS-D-YYYY-R-NNNN-X_ — next to the XRS marking, on the pack or in the leaflet.