Razer forced to pay more than $1M in refunds for its RGB 'surgical N95 respirators' that were not N95 respirators

Back in January 2021, at the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, Razer unveiled Project Hazel, a "surgical N95 respirator" with—of course—RGB lighting. There was just one problem: The Zephyr, as it came to be known, wasn't actually N95 rated at all, and that little oversight is going to cost the company more than $1.1 million.

Concerns about the Zephyr's supposed National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) rating surfaced a year after it was first announced, when specimens began appearing in public.