There aren't many that I haven't used, and my favorite is the North 7700. The 3M 7000 series is a close second. Whatever you decide on, understand that the best brands have S, M and L sizes, and you need to be fitted individually. Safety supply houses will know more about the tricks of the trade than the big box hardware stores.

As for full face and supplied air, I own and have used those too. Supplied air is bulky and awkward being connected to an umbilical. You can't just hook one up to a generic air compressor either, because most of them run oil lubrication in the compressor section. They get hot, and fumes wind up in the air. So you need an oil-less compressor, and now you're talking big bucks. All of the masks are heavy, bulky, hot and uncomfortable, and most of them fog up too. They are great for short periods, such as spray painting small areas, but for all-day use I don't like them. For painting or sandblasting you can get packages of "tearoffs", clear plastic self-adhesive protective shields that get installed right on the glass faceplate of the mask. When it gets so scratched or gunked up that you can't see, grab the tab and rip off the top one, exposing the next and so on. If you damage the glass it's a major expense. BTW, I bought my Wilson full-face in 1985 and it was $105 back then.

Full faces are a certified PITA when you need it most. That is when taping the inside seams, with your head in the boat for relatively long periods of time. You need at least one arm in there too, and a light, and some kind of long handled tool. Wearing a full face your head keeps bouncing off things you can't see because of restricted peripheral vision. Been there, done that.

There is a new generation of gadgets for respirators that runs hoses over your shoulders or behind your back to a belt-mounted cartidge assembly. These are intended mostly for welders, but sometimes they are touted as being better balanced to take weight off your face. Don't believe it. The hoses are heavier than the cartridges, and they are all expensive.

Whichever way you go, use OV (organic vapor) cartridges and prefilters. The prefilters keep out the big chunks like paint droplets and sanding dust. If you can smell anything through them, get new ones. Keep them in a ziploc bag between uses and they will last a very long time.