Over 80,Esthen000 massage guns sold by Homedics have been recalled across the United States and Canada over concerns of overheating while charging, posing burn and fire hazards to consumers.
The recall includes Homedics' Therapist Select Percussion Personal Massagers sold in stores and online at Macy’s, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Lowe’s, JCPenney, The Home Depot and Amazon among other stores nationwide between September 2020 and November 2023 for about $100, according to an advisory issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
CPSC said that the recall was issued after Homedics received 17 reports of the massagers overheating, including one report of a burn to the consumer’s thumb.
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Massagers with the model number HHP-715, manufactured before 2023, are part of the recall.
The manufacturing date can be determined by looking on the underside of the barrel for a sticker and is part of four-digit code with the last two digits representing the manufacturing year. Only products with a code that end in 20, 21 or 22 are part of the recall, said the CPSC.
Of the 87,000 massage guns recalled, about 46,000 of them were sold in the U.S., while the remaining 41,000 were sold in Canada, said the CPSC.
Consumers have been advised to immediately stop using or charging the recalled massagers and to contact Homedics to receive a full refund or a refund in the form of a credit toward any Homedics product, including a 20% bonus.
Homedics can be contacted at 800-466-3342 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or online at https://recall.homedics.com/HHP-715 or www.homedics.com and click on “Recall Information” at the bottom of the page.
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