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They got to weasel out of admitting wrong doing as part of the settlement?
What a joke
That's how it goes all too often with these settlements, sadly. Remember when Fox News got to settle with Dominion over the fact that they knowingly pushed election fraud claims that they privately knew to be false? They just paid their fine and went right back to business as usual.
Well at least Tucker was fired over it?
Sometimes in chess you sacrifice a pawn
Good thing I've already found a replacement.
Strolling into the supermarket like whadup.
Well the straps say LOVE LOVE
I think you could have worn this to a supermarket during a pandemic and no one would have been startled
The “LOVE LOVE” skullfuck handles are a nice touch.
Oh wow, Razer was selling masks? Seriously? That's wild, I must've missed that completely. What's even wilder is that a bunch of people apparently decided that their best option for respiratory filters is, of all things, a gaming company. And one with a shaky QC history at that.
I was very interested in buying one; the details looked OK, and it wasn't a use-once product like those flimsy blue face masks. This was early on when no end was in sight so it seemed like a decent move, and was at least interesting visually.
I ended up not buying one since they took forever from announcement to actual public sale, and I'd talked myself out of it.
I think i saw the masks on display inside one of the casino lobbies in Vegas when I was there last year. It looked "fine" as an accessory unit, too tacky for most people, but i didnt think it was advertised as an N95.
I bought one of these masks for the novelty, as well as the influence to buy it during the Great Lockdown when not much was known about Covid and we were wiping down our groceries. By the time the product launched, we already knew how Covid spread and had a vaccine. Despite the advertising saying that it has N95 filters, it was clear that this was not an N95 product. Razer generically stated that it is not a certified N95 mask, but the advertising and product pages were certainly misleading and the FTC’s fine is valid and justified to protect the health and safety of consumers. I would not have used the Zephyr in place of my actual certified N95 masks.
The Zephyr was heavy, but overall quite comfortable, but I never took it outside and wore it for something like a grocery trip (since I knew it was not an N95 mask, and masks were very divisive where I live in a Red State. The last thing I wanted was to potentially be attacked by an anti-vax/mask Freedom Lover). It was heavy, and the fans were loud - very loud. What was disappointing was that the production version did not come with the two features I wanted that were initially advertised: the sanitising case, and the voice amplifier. Imagine how much more fines Razer would face if they advertised an included UV case that came with blue lights rather than UV lights!
I didn’t end up keeping the Zephyr, although I wish I did just to keep a small, unique memory of an uncertain and dangerous time. I do wonder if they could have launched this product sooner and certified it as an N95 mask, if gaming culture could make wearing masks when you’re sick popular. Selfish people might put aside their “freedoms” if they could look cool with gamer RGB and get attention from others (the motivation for selfishness). Of course the Zephyr would need to go through several years of revisions until it became culture.
I still don't understand how nobody knew Covid was a respiratory disease. Even my parents were saying they wore gloves to the store and not a mask. I had 95s from doing work in the attic and sent them over to them. My wife was pregnant at the time and I had to beg her to wear one when we went to her checkups at the hospital. Not even the doctor was wearing one at the time and we got a lot of strange looks. By the time she had the baby they had strict rules in place, those first few months were wild.
They actually just meant it was suitable for use with the Nokia N95 phone.
Damn that was my favourite phone. sigh ‘Twas a simpler time.
Cost of doing business
Note that n95 is the minimum grade for biohazard and industrial work. It meams it'll get large particulates (like corona viruses) but not small ones and aerosolized oil (such as spray paint) will fuck your mask.
I remember making fun of it in some discord, imagine spending so much r&d into some RGB gadget instead of contributing to research during COVID, the only certificates they had were for electrical products, none for health stuff
This is from the E3 (or whatever that events name was) announcement
"It was never our intention to mislead people."
Then why make false claims?
So...do we have reusable respirators that block >=95% of particles 0.3 microns in size yet??
Yeah, there are plenty of P3 and N95 filters for reusable respirators, here are some for the 3M 6000 mask series:
Don't those use disposal filters?
So?
You still reuse the respirator
Mate there’s no such thing as washable healthcare items unless it can survive an autoclave lmao
(In the context of infection prevention and sterilization)
Naomi Wu was right.
RIP
They should be fined for still being stuck in that awful 90s aesthetic after all this time.
I thought everyone forgot this existed. Apparently not.
Covid? I thought gamers were rising up!
The fact it uses clear plastic for the mouth has to be a crime, surely.
The original point was to make it easier to understand people as you could actually see their mouth. A problem sure, but it solution it wasn't.
This and xupermask are just cringe consoomer mush. It's honestly shocking to me the trust that people put into celebrities and tech companies. Capitalists "disrupting" a regulated industry should be a big red flag.
I'll take "Product Categories That SHOULD NEVER EXIST" for $1000 Alex!