During the Circuit Breaker, Razer’s Mask Vending Machine was deployed to Waterway Point (and other malls) and up till 29th May at least, the machine in Punggol still looked to be 100% stocked, as though no one had redeemed the ‘free’ masks. Today, however, it looked like a number of people had gone to redeem / buy the masks. Vending single pieces of mask can be a little tricky. If you look at the pink arrows I’ve drawn on the picture above, there are empty spaces where masks should be. Did the masks slip out from the gaps? Or have the coils been carefully calibrated to ensure that additional “free” masks do not fall out when they shouldn’t? It’s anybody’s guess.
I spotted at least one slot (#10) with all the masks, save for one, already redeemed:
I’m curious about whether people who got these masks actually used them. Or kept them as collectibles. After all, the branding’s quite prominent: there’s #razerforlife on top and RAZER in bigger font size at the bottom. Is this a collector’s item for Razer fans? I’d like to know!
And I’d even gone on Carousell to check: no one’s selling these free masks! However, there are some Carousell users selling the government-issued reusable masks!

Located outside Uniqlo and Din Tai Fung at Waterway Point
Would you download the Razer Pay app and sign up for an account just to get a free single-use mask? I’d initially thought we’d need to send in pictures of the front and back of our NRICs for verification, but upon reading their Support page, it seems you only have to do that if you want to send or receive funds from other Razer Pay users. So you will only have to provide your mobile number, full name, date of birth and nationality, then create a login password and Payment PIN.
Is it worth the effort and does it seem like you’re trading your personal particulars for something that costs so little to produce? All questions you have to answer for yourself.
I do, however, have some things to say to the Razer management:
(1)
Tan Min Liang (on FB) – “I see some negativity about how we require verification via Razer Pay – but if you think about it – this is the only way we’ll be able to ensure there’s no free for all on the masks. We aren’t the government and have no access to the Identity Cards etc. We’re funding this completely ourselves and would like to ensure there’s no fraud.”
There is another way: just send the masks to the G to give out together with the reusable masks.
(2)
“There are times potentially where you leave your house and you realise, ‘Oh no, I don’t have the mask’. We think that this is something that we can do … to ensure that society stays safe,” said Mr Lee Li Meng, chief strategy officer of Razer. (CNA)
Oh no, you put your vending machines INSIDE malls. We cannot even get into the mall without a mask. How to get to your vending machine ah? Teleport?
In any case, congratulations on being the first to place a vending machine in Waterway Point.