Gerry Baby Products Recalls Clear Choice Rechargeable Baby Monitors
Gerry Baby Products is recalling about 86,000 Clear Choice rechargeable baby monitors because the battery can cause the parent unit to smoke and flame.
What this means for you
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 recall involves a risk of fire and burn injury with reported instances of smoke and flames, but no injuries or property damage have been reported, fitting the High severity criteria for risk-of-harm products where injury has not yet been reported.
Plain-English summary
Gerry Baby Products of Denver, Colorado, is recalling approximately 86,000 rechargeable baby monitors sold under the Clear Choice brand name. The recall involves Model 618 monitors, which consist of a baby unit, a parent unit, a recharging base, and AC adapters. The units are white with light blue accents.
The recall is necessary because an electrical short in the rechargeable battery can cause the parent unit to smoke and flame. Gerry has received one report of flames and four reports of smoke from the parent unit. No injuries or property damage have been reported. The hazard is limited to the parent unit because it houses the battery.
These monitors were sold at mass merchandise and baby stores throughout the United States from April 1996 to March 1998 for about $40. Consumers should immediately disconnect and throw away the blue battery pack from the parent unit. For assistance, consumers should contact Evenflo's Parent Link Consumer Resource Center at (800) 233-5921, as Evenflo has taken over the recall response from Gerry Baby Products.
The recalled product
- Product
- Baby Monitors Recalled by Gerry Baby Products
- Manufacturer
- Gerry
- Category
- Consumer Product — Baby Monitors
- Hazard
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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