What are the innovative vending machines and bizarre vending machines we can find around Europe and the world?

First of all, it must be said that, in line with constant technological progress and the evolving times, the vending sector is also continuously changing and evolving. As we saw in a recent article, it is a sector that has actually existed for many years, and therefore, those who produce vending machines, like us at Harvin, must always be up to date with the times and with innovations. Nowadays, in fact, you can buy almost anything from vending machines, not only and exclusively coffee, drinks and snacks.

• Vending machines for light hemp… and more! In Italy, as you well know, since the end of 2016 many light hemp shops have started opening, and therefore Harvin has designed a specific line of light hemp vending machines for the sale of this type of product, which until a few years ago was completely unthinkable. This is certainly an innovative and original choice, since not many vending machine companies have oriented themselves towards a still new and poorly defined sector such as that of cannabis.

Among innovative vending machines and unusual vending machines, we cannot fail to mention America, which, with legalization now almost everywhere across the states, could certainly not miss out on marijuana vending machines! Yes, you heard correctly. The first marijuana vending machine was installed in 2014 in the Grand Canyon state. Today they are widespread in other states where cannabis is legal, such as Colorado, California, Massachusetts, Oregon and Nevada, where you can find 24‑hour points of sale offering rolling papers, tips and even cannabis with high THC content! Who knows whether such a reality will ever be seen in Europe as well…

• Automatic drawer dispensers

We have already written an article on this topic, because we at Harvin developed this idea even before Amazon thought of it! In fact, back in 2008 we started producing drawer‑type vending machines for pellets, achieving considerable success, which convinced us to continue developing this initiative, which we are now also exporting to the Light Hemp sector, for reasons of privacy and practicality.

• Vending machines for masks

Of course, with the outbreak of the global Coronavirus pandemic, vending machines for masks could not be missing, which certainly fall into the category of innovative vending machines and unusual vending machines. In particular at the beginning of the pandemic, when they were hard to find, they were items very frequently purchased from vending machines. If you think about it, it is a very practical option: can’t you find your mask? Did you forget it at home? No problem… you can conveniently buy it from a reliable vending machine!