The Recall Desk
Our severity:HighCPSC·22077·Announced 2022-02-09

Home Easy Geek Heat Personal Heaters Recalled for Fire Hazard

Home Easy is recalling about 3,000 Geek Heat DH-QN06 personal heaters because the toggle power switch can spark and cause a fire. The company has received three reports of fires caused by the switch, though no injuries or property damage have been reported.

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The source explicitly states that Home Easy has received three reports of the toggle power switch causing a fire, but no injuries or property damage have been reported. This is a high-risk hazard (fire) where the potential for harm exists, and actual fires have occurred, but injury has not yet been reported, meeting the High/Score 3 criterion.

Plain-English summary

Home Easy Ltd. of Fairfield, New Jersey is recalling about 3,000 Geek Heat DH-QN06 personal heaters. The heaters measure 20 inches in length and 13 inches in width, are sold in white, have the Geek Heat logo printed on the top near the vent, and the model number printed on the underside.

The toggle power switch on these heaters can spark when the switch is used, posing a fire hazard. Home Easy has received three reports of the toggle power switch causing a fire. No injuries or property damage have been reported.

The heaters were sold nationwide through Army and Air Force Exchange Service stores, the New Jersey chain of Value Zone stores, and online at amazon.com, walmart.com, target.com, and wayfair.com from October 2020 through January 2021 for about $23.

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled heaters and contact Home Easy for a full refund. To properly dispose of the heater, consumers should unplug the heater prior to cutting the electrical cord to make the product inoperable, then prominently mark the product "defective" before disposal following local disposal guidelines. Consumers should take a photo of the cut electrical cord and submit it to Home Easy at [email protected]. Home Easy is contacting all known purchasers directly. For more information, contact Home Easy toll-free at 844-801-8880 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, email [email protected], or visit www.geektechnology.net/recall.

The recalled product

Product
Personal Electric Heaters
Manufacturer
Home Easy Ltd., of Fairfield, New Jersey
Category
Consumer Product — Heating Equipment
Hazard
Affected units
3,000

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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