I'm surprised they didn't do well during the pandemic. Their Aura masks were, like, weirdly better than every other mask I tried (at least in terms of comfort).
My personal favorite is the 3M V-Flex N95. Super comfortable, great seal, and relatively large interior volume (great breathability). It's pretty close to a perfect mask. I also gave some of these away, and they were similarly popular.
In general, Aura seemed to be liked more for smaller faces, and V-Flex for larger faces. So, nowadays, my go-to recommendations are V-Flexes and Auras.
Some of the comfort may also be the breathability, Auras have a pretty low pressure diff between the inside and outside when in use. If you want that low pressure difference in a traditional N95 style, Indiana Face Mask makes some top notch high-filtration high-breathability N95s that are similar. Both they and the Auras usually test above 99.5% filtration, the Auras usually have a little bit of a petroleum smell but if it's bad enough that it makes the mask deeply unpleasant to wear, you probably have a fake (sometimes factory rejects get resold etc.).
I mostly use behind the head but foldable ones now, the ones to TC-84A-9315 spec (H95W) are pretty good for me but my nose is a bit too pointy to fit right at the nose. They seem to work really really well for people with slightly flatter features, the little nose metal form doesn't quite hold well enough.
I imagine it still helps some, but I'm very attentive to leaks at the top because glasses. If you wear it loose enough the gaps at the top are so big it doesn't fog your glasses anymore, I go the opposite direction and fiddle with it all day long trying to get the nose piece rigid enough to stop the leak. I'm not sure which approach is more risky... touching your mask is a nono too.
I guess a good mask with leaks is better than a surgical mask maybe, dunno if it's better than a rigid mask with an exhalation port TBH though, at least if you're not exhaling strongly there are no leaks and it's good for personal protection -- and since we've as a country decided it's everyone for themselves I feel pretty okay wearing a vented rigid N95 in an environment with a bunch of unmasked people.