Energizer lanterns recalled because the lithium-ion battery can overheat
About 4,100 Energizer Large Power Indicator Lanterns are being recalled because the lithium-ion batteries installed in them can overheat, posing a burn hazard.
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: Scored 3 under the risk-of-harm criterion: an overheating lithium-ion battery poses a burn hazard, with one incident and no injuries reported.
Plain-English summary
The Energizer Large Power Indicator Lantern is being recalled. The lantern is a cone-shaped portable light with an opaque lens and "Energizer" on the side, with a gray top section, a large power button and a red handle. The model number is BGAAL9 and the SKU is 039800143341 or 039800143334.
The lithium-ion batteries installed in the lanterns can overheat, posing a burn hazard to consumers. The firm reported one incident of the lithium-ion battery in a lantern overheating. No injuries have been reported.
About 4,100 units were sold at Meijer, Blain and Fleet Wholesale stores nationwide and online at Amazon.com between January and November 2025 for between $35 and $45. The notice adds that approximately 100 lanterns were distributed to reviewers through the Bazaarvoice marketing program.
Consumers should immediately stop using the lanterns and contact Energizer for instructions on receiving a full refund, registering with proof of the affected date code and returning the lantern with prepaid shipping materials. The CPSC advises that recalled lithium-ion batteries must not go in the trash, general recycling or retail battery collection boxes, and that a municipal household hazardous waste centre should be contacted first.
The recalled product
- Product
- Energizer® Large Power Indicator Lanterns
- Manufacturer
- Energizer Holdings, Inc., of Clayton, Missouri
- Affected units
- 4,100
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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