Altafit af28 smartwatch charging pads can overheat and catch fire
Altafit af28 smartwatches are being recalled because the wireless charging pad can overheat and ignite. Thirty-nine reports include six burns to hands and property damage. About 2,900 units affected.
What this means for you
Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: Significant injury and property-damage reports: six consumers suffered burns to their hands and property damage was reported among 39 fire incidents.
Plain-English summary
Altafit af28 smartwatches are being recalled. The smartwatch was sold in gold and silver tones with a 1.68-inch colour touchscreen and two bands, one bejewelled and one mesh, in a golden case with a wireless charging pad and cable, and carries "ALTAFIT FCC ID 2BHG8-AF28" on the back. About 2,900 units are affected.
The stated hazard is that the smartwatch's wireless charging pad can overheat and ignite, posing a risk of serious burn injury and fire. Deale International has received 39 reports of smartwatches melting, burning and catching on fire while charging, including six reports of burns to hands and property damage.
The smartwatches were sold on HSN.com from March 2025 through May 2025 for about $50.
Consumers should immediately unplug the charging pad and stop charging the smartwatch, then contact Deale International for a free replacement, which requires cutting the unplugged charging pad's power cable and emailing a photo.
The recalled product
- Product
- Altafit af28 Smartwatches
- Manufacturer
- Deale International LLC, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Category
- Consumer Product — Smartwatch
- Hazard
- wireless-charger
- overheating
- fire-hazard
- burn-injury
- property-damage
- Affected units
- 2,900
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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