Follow-up: CPSC Warns Consumers to Stop Using HAIARA W5 PRO Power Banks Immediately, About 210,000 Units Covered Over Fire and Burn Hazards
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a product safety warning on November 5 urging consumers to stop using HAIARA W5 PRO power banks immediately. The warning covers about 210,000 units, because the internal lithium battery can explode and ignite, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers.
The warning expands the handling of the same product problem. As GSM reported on October 29, Amazon seller Mitrytech recalled about 11,000 of the same model it had sold. The CPSC has now extended the action to the model sold through all channels, about 210,000 units in total.
The products are black power banks with "20W" printed on the front and "Model: W5 PRO" printed on the side. The brand name HAIARA appears on some purchase receipts. The warning applies only to units with no date code, formatted "YYYYMMDD", printed on the side. The power banks were sold on Amazon.com and Newegg.com between January 2025 and October 2026 and were manufactured in China by Shenzhen Joway Power Supply Co., Ltd.
The CPSC is aware of about 600 reports of fire, explosion and other thermal incidents involving the product, including three reports of burn injuries and nine reports of property damage.
On recall cooperation, the CPSC said the Chinese manufacturer, Shenzhen Joway Power Supply, has been unresponsive to its requests for a recall or for information about the product. Amazon seller Mitrytech has agreed to a recall, seller Geralde-US has not responded to the CPSC's requests, and seller Woot has refused to conduct a recall.
The CPSC urges consumers to stop using the power banks immediately and dispose of them according to local hazardous waste disposal procedures, and not to sell or give away the hazardous products. Defective lithium-ion batteries must not be thrown in the trash, curbside recycling bins or retail used-battery recycling boxes; consumers should first contact their municipal household hazardous waste collection center to ask whether it accepts defective lithium-ion batteries, and contact their municipality for further guidance if it does not.
(Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)
Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：一台黑色充电宝（资料图，非涉事产品实物）。Jacek Halicki 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: A black power bank (file photo, not the product named in the warning). Photo by Jacek Halicki, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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