Drinkmate one litre carbonation bottles can explode during use
Drinkmate 1L Carbonation Bottles are being recalled because they can explode during use. Eight reports include four resulting in lacerations, impact injuries and hearing damage. About 106,200 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 reports: four of eight explosion reports resulted in lacerations, impact injuries and hearing damage.
Plain-English summary
Certain Drinkmate 1L Carbonation Bottles, with a clear PET body and caps and bases in red, blue, white and black plastic, are being recalled. The recalled bottles have expiration dates between 01/2026 and 10/2026 printed on the side. About 106,200 units are affected in the United States, with about 5,000 more sold in Canada.
The stated hazard is that the bottles can explode during use, posing serious impact, laceration and hearing damage hazards to users and bystanders. Drinkmate has received eight reports of the bottle exploding while in use, including four reports resulting in lacerations, impact injuries and hearing damage.
The bottles were sold at iDrinkproducts.com, Walmart.com, Amazon.com, Target.com and HomeDepot.com from April 2023 through October 2024 for about $20 individually or $130 as part of some Drinkmate OmniFizz starter kits.
Consumers should immediately stop using the bottles and contact Drinkmate for a free replacement, which requires completing a replacement form, uploading a photo of the bottle marked "Recall" and disposing of it properly.
The recalled product
- Product
- Drinkmate 1L Carbonation Bottles
- Manufacturer
- IDrink Products Inc. dba Drinkmate, Inc., of Saline, Michigan
- Hazard
- bottle-explosion
- laceration
- impact-injury
- hearing-damage
- pressure-failure
- Affected units
- 106,200
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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