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Consumer Recalls Announced — September 18, 2025

Multiple products were recalled on September 18, 2025. Details for each recall are below.

Anker Power Banks (Anker Innovations)

  • Hazard: Lithium-ion battery can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards.
  • Remedy: Stop use. Visit Anker’s recall page to verify the serial number and register. Impacted consumers can receive a full cash refund or an Anker gift card after submitting a photo showing the model number, serial number, name, date of the photo, and the word “recalled” written on the power bank in permanent marker. Anker will provide return or disposal instructions.
  • Disposal note: Do not place recalled lithium-ion batteries/devices in trash, curbside recycling, or standard battery boxes. Contact local HHW centers or your municipality for guidance.
  • Units: About 481,000
  • Contact: Website: anker.com/rc2506 | Email: support@anker.com | Phone: (800) 988-7973

EnHomee Dressers (EnHomee Direct)

  • Hazard: Unstable if not anchored; tip-over and entrapment hazards. Violates the mandatory standard under the STURDY Act.
  • Remedy: Stop use if not anchored and place out of children’s reach. Contact EnHomee for identification and disposal instructions to receive a full refund. Consumers must submit a photo of the disposed dresser to enhomeestore@gmail.com.
  • Units: About 11,200
  • Contact: Website (as provided): C:/Users/KCChigbue/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCache/Content.Outlook/WNWPYQHO/enhomeestore@gmail.com | Email: enhomeestore@gmail.com | Phone: (833) 668-8899

LXDHSTRA Baby Loungers and Crib Bumpers (sold on Amazon)

  • Hazard: Loungers violate the Infant Sleep Products standard: sides too low, sleeping pad too thick, openings wider than allowed, and no stand—posing suffocation, fall, and entrapment hazards. Included crib bumpers are banned under the Safe Sleep for Babies Act and pose suffocation risks.
  • Remedy: Stop use. Remove foam/pads, cut the cover, foam, pad, and crib bumper in half, and email photos of the destroyed items to obtain a full refund.
  • Units: About 360
  • Contact: Email: lxdhstrarecall@gmail.com

YooxArmor Multi-Purpose Kids’ Helmets (sold on Amazon by YooxArmor)

  • Hazard: Do not meet bicycle-helmet standards for impact attenuation, positional stability, labeling, and certification; risk of serious injury or death.
  • Remedy: Stop use. Cut the straps to destroy the helmet and email photos to obtain a full refund.
  • Units: About 1,780
  • Contact: Email: service@yooxarmor.com

Youbeien Crib Mobiles (sold on Amazon by GKKBSJ)

  • Hazard: Button-battery compartment in the remote can be opened without tools, violating the mandatory toy standard; battery ingestion can cause serious injury or death.
  • Remedy: Stop use and contact for a refund. Consumers may discard the entire product and send a photo for a full refund, or discard only the remote and send a photo for an $8 refund. The crib mobile functions without the remote via buttons on the unit.
  • Battery note: Dispose/recycle button batteries per local hazardous-waste procedures.
  • Units: About 3,000
  • Contact: Email: gkkbsjtoys@outlook.com

Arizer Solo II Portable Vaporizers (imported by 7111495 Canada)

  • Hazard: Internal lithium-ion battery can overheat, produce smoke, and/or eject material; fire and burn hazards.
  • Remedy: Stop use. Contact for a free Solo II MAX replacement and wax for disabling the recalled unit. Disable by inserting provided wax into the charging port, then dispose at a local hazardous-waste or battery-recycling facility per local rules.
  • Disposal note: Do not place recalled lithium-ion batteries/devices in trash, curbside recycling, or standard battery boxes. Contact HHW center or municipality for guidance.
  • Units: About 5,460 (plus about 2,820 sold in Canada)
  • Contact: Website: arizer.com/solo-ii-voluntary-recall-submission-form | Email: recall@arizer.com | Phone: (888) 291-0521

Ambiano Cotton Candy Makers (Wuensche USA; sold at ALDI)

  • Hazard: If used without the included sugar receptacle, the heating element can cause sugar to ignite; fire hazard.
  • Remedy: Stop use. Return the intact unit to any ALDI for a full refund, or email photos showing the unplugged power cord cut and the model number 836098 and date code 08/2024 to receive a refund.
  • Units: About 21,690
  • Contact: Website: help.aldi.us/contact-form-product | Email: service@801service.net | Phone: (800) 325-7894

IcyBreeze Buddy Portable Misting Fans (IcyBreeze Cooling)

  • Hazard: Can overheat while charging and ignite; fire hazard.
  • Remedy: Stop use. Visit the recall page for instructions and to obtain a $150 credit for use at participating Solo Brands after submitting a form and a photo showing the power cord cut. Dispose of the fan per local/state regulations after submission. Proof of purchase not required.
  • Units: About 22,600
  • Contact: Website: icybreeze.com/buddy-recall-information (general: icybreeze.com) | Email: support@icybreeze.com | Phone: (817) 900-2664

Five Below Tabletop Fire Pits

  • Hazard: Alcohol fuel can splash or leak during use/ignition, causing flash fires with larger flames that can escape the unit; risk of serious burn injury and fire hazards.
  • Remedy: Stop use. Contact Five Below for a full refund (purchase price or $5). Refunds available by returning the product to a store or by emailing a photo of the fire pit with name and date written on the product; refund provided via check or store credit. Proof of purchase not required.
  • Units: About 66,000
  • Contact: Website: fivebelow.com/info/five-below-recalls-tabletop-fire-pit | Email: Recalls@FiveBelow.com | Phone: (844) 452-3569

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