Quantity of masks in a family

I think it will depend on how often people need to go out and whether masks are necessary. DH is back to work and needs to have a mask every day so I'm making enough to last at least one workweek with spares. Two of my kids haven't gone out at all so they need far less than DH. I go out to buy necessities and have about 4. I'm making them and eventually plan on everyone having at least enough to last the week. For youngest DS, I will make sure he has enough to last at least two weeks with a box a disposables handy as I'm sure he won't be doing laundry regularly.

It's just my husband and I.

I have 6 masks. I wear one each day at work and take them home on Friday to wash and bring back for the next week. I have to wear a mask any time i leave my desk at work. And I keep the 6th one in my purse, in a bag, in case of stopping at a store.

My husband also has 5 masks that he keeps at work to wear and brings them home about every 2 weeks to wash and bring back. He doesn't have to wear a mask, but puts one on when he is going to be around too many people. He has one at home for going to the store.

It's my understanding that it doesn't do much good to keep wearing the same mask if all the germs stay in it all the time.

We're all over the board around here. I have one mask and use it more times than I should between washings.....I'm currently on the hunt for a few more. ODS wears the disposable dust masks when he has to wear one (rarely). Dh has a scarf/wrap/shamog(?) thing he wears when he has to (rarely). Yds has probably 20 masks (MIL's friend has a thing about making kids masks and keeps sending them over ), he hasn't worn any of them, on the 2 occasions he's gone out he's worn a wrap like dad.

I made about 18 masks, plus we have 4 P99 reusable with filter masks. There are 4 of us, plus my brother currently.

DD has not been away from home. The 3 boys have been out 2 different times. Usually it is just me going out or me & DH (3x). (DH is not used to staying home, but I can't trust him to shop alone.)

We are a four member family and have 17 fabric masks plus a few bandanas.

DD was given one at work (with company logo) and the rest were bought. We tried a few different designs to find what works best for us and have 8 that gets used regularly and the rest gather dust.

Masks are put in a laundry bowl when people come home so all are washed and dried every night.

We are a family of 4 we each have 3.

Family of 7 - everyone except the 1 yr old has one right now, but we are still not going out that much. Dh and my oldest will need a stack of them when school (hopefully) starts in August and I will probably make the rest of us some extras too.

We have enough for each person to use one mask per day, plus we have some disposables

I ordered one for everyone from Etsy (6) but we don't go out much... different styles and patterns, we'll see which kind we like when they get here and then I might try to copy and make some more. We also have some N 95's that were in the garage.

Since I’ve been making them, we have an unlimited supply!

We don’t wear any around the house or outside within our own yard.

We do each carry one if we go on a walk, bike ride, or if neighbors are outside chatting—we might not be wearing it when we start out but gave them in case we encounter anyone we chat with.

We ALWAYS have one for each family member in the car in case we need it. If any of us go to a store (rarely—and kids stay home or in car with adult) we are still only going to the grocery every 2 weeks, pharmacy for curbside when necessary, and occasionally will order out (not even once a week anymore).

Hubby carries a zip bag with at least 10-12 for himself—he changes them if he gets dirty, wet or sweaty or after lunch at work which goes into a separate dirty laundry bag. Brings the bag home when all are dirty or at end of week.

He carries another bag with about 2 dozen more which he hands out to co-workers.


I always have one for me by the front door (deliveries or pick ups) snd one or 2 in my bag.

When people get them from me, I suggest they get 3 per family member so that the always have a clean one.

DH and I each have one mask, and I keep a spare hanging from my rear view mirror just in case I'm out and need one - I put it in the car after I went to the gas station and the credit card machine outside was broken so I had to go inside and I didn't have a mask on me. We alternate weekly grocery shopping trips, so each of us only leaves the house every 14 days. Once mask each is sufficient for us right now while I'm teleworking, I'll be making some more for myself if I have to go back to work in the office before there's a vaccine.

i have a pack of disposable masks for wearing when I go out.

We have disposable masks, but also one or two reusable fabric masks per person.

We were given one per adult and 2 for the baby. That is all we have.