(a) a media pack having a substrate comprising first and second opposite flow faces and a plurality of flutes wherein in said media pack:
(i) each of said flutes has a first end portion adjacent to said first flow face and a second end portion adjacent to said second flow face;
(ii) selected ones of said flutes being open at said first end portion and closed at said second end portion; and selected ones of said flutes being closed at said first end portion and open at said second end portion;
(iii) said substrate at least partially covered by a layer comprising fine fiber comprising a fiber with a diameter of about 0.01 to 0.5 microns such that the fiber retains greater than 30% of the fiber unchanged for filtration purposes when exposed for 16 hours to 140˚F air at a relative humidity of 100%.