There is also a possibility of explosions that cause burns and property damage, according to the CPSC. There is the risk that the battery packs in the self-balancing scooters, known as hoverboards, might overheat, start to smoke or catch fire, officials said. 'We've concluded pretty definitively that these are not safe products the way they were designed.' 'We are urging consumers to act quickly,' CPSC Chairman Elliot Kaye told ABC News. Hoverboards have two wheels at either end of a platform and. Hoverboards by Swagway make up more than half of those recalled - 267,000. This recall involves iMoto brand self-balancing scooters, commonly referred to as hoverboards. is not listed in the recall, but in February, the online giant worked with the CPSC to offer refunds to any customer who wanted to return hoverboards purchased on the site.

The iMoto from Keenford The Hype Roam from Hype Wireless The Wheeli. The recall involves hoverboards from eight manufacturers/importers that are made with lithium-ion battery packs as well as 4,300 from and 1,300 from a store in Pennsylvania. nicknamed hoverboards, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a. More than 500,000 hoverboards are being recalled because of fire hazards that pose the risk of injuries, according to the U.S. The vast majority of Chinese-made devices, however. are investigating dozens of fires involving hoverboards, also called smart boards. A handful of specific hoverboards have successfully attained certification as safe by the CPSC through standards were only recently developed. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that engineers at its National Product Testing and Evaluation Center in Rockville, Md. The latest hoverboard fire is one of 40 in 19 states that are being investigated by the Consumer Product Safety Commission since hoverboard scooters became the must-have toy of Christmas, 2015. Government safety regulators are looking into the fire and fall risks of hoverboards, one of the hottest gifts given last Christmas. The devices range in price from 200 to 2,000. Get a hoverboard that is UL-Certified First of all, make sure that you get a UL 2272 certified hoverboard. However, poorly manufactured, unbranded units, often made in China, don’t contain these safety measures.

Here are tips and ways to hoverboard fires. Others being recalled include 84,000 of Keenfords iMoto hoverboards. More than 500,000 hoverboards are being recalled because of fire hazards that pose the risk of injuries. Although UL 2272 hoverboards are certified safe to use, it is best to practice safety measures to avoid any hoverboard incidents such as hoverboard fire and explosions. Consumer Product Safety Commission has received 99 reports of battery packs that have overheated, exploded or caught fire.

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