About 11,000 HAIARA W5 PRO power banks sold on Amazon.com are being recalled because the lithium battery can explode and ignite. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the action on October 29, 2026, citing 600 reports of fire and other thermal incidents. Owners are told to stop using the devices immediately.
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The black 20-watt units were sold from May 2025 through September 2026 for $18 to $22. Three people reported burn injuries, and nine reports involved property damage, so the problem has already moved well beyond a theoretical risk for a product that typically rides in a bag or sits on a nightstand while charging.
W5 PRO units with no date code
Recall number 27-056 covers the HAIARA W5 PRO, which is black with “20W” printed on the front and “Model: W5 PRO” on the side. The CPSC recall notice limits the action to units that have no date code on the side; a code, when present, appears as eight digits in a year-month-day format. Anyone holding a W5 PRO with a date code printed should still compare the notice against the device before assuming it is safe.
The seller was Mitrytech, the trade name of Huizhou Yancheng Trading Co., Ltd. of China, which sold the devices on Amazon.com. The power banks were made in China, and the recall notice lists no retail channel other than Amazon.com, where the sales window ran for about a year and a half. CPSC states the hazard in plain terms: the lithium battery can explode and ignite, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers.
The company’s own recall page for the W5 PRO repeats the stop-using instruction but phrases the date-code test in a way that can be read two ways. The CPSC wording, no date code means recalled, is the controlling description, and an owner unsure about a unit can use the contacts listed in the federal notice.
The federal notice warns of a risk of serious injury or death from fire and burn hazards. Of the 600 incidents, only three came with burn injuries and nine with property damage, so most involved fire or other thermal events without a recorded injury or loss. That pattern is common with lithium cells: a battery that overheats in an empty room may do little harm, while the same failure under a pillow or inside a car can turn into a house or vehicle fire.
A refund that requires a marked-up photo
The remedy is a full refund, but it comes with steps. Consumers contact Mitrytech, submit a photo of the power bank with the word “recalled” written on it in permanent marker, and confirm that the device was disposed of in line with applicable laws. Lithium-ion batteries should not go in household trash or recycling, and the company’s page directs owners to follow local rules for lithium-ion disposal. Many municipal hazardous-waste sites and some electronics retailers accept such batteries, though CPSC’s notice does not name a specific drop-off option.
Contact options listed by CPSC are the email address [email protected], the recall page on HAIARA’s website, and the CPSC hotline at 800-638-2772 (TTY 800-638-8270). The email is a generic webmail account, so shoppers who prefer to verify first can confirm the recall on the federal site before sending an order number or any photo.
Power banks sold on Amazon keep turning up in CPSC records
HAIARA is not the first marketplace-sold power bank to draw federal attention. In May 2025 CPSC issued a product safety warning for Yiisonger power banks, model KT-D007, after 79 reports of the devices exploding, igniting and swelling; about 93,000 were sold on Amazon.com from April 2022 through February 2025 for $22 to $40. The agency said one serious fire caused $15 million in property damage, and the private labeler had not responded to its requests for information or a recall.
A third case surfaced in December 2025, when CBS News reported a recall of about 210,000 INIU power banks, model BI-B41, with at least 15 reports of overheating including 11 fires. Those units were sold between August 2021 and April 2022, which shows how long a defective battery can circulate before a recall lands. In that case the reported harm was minor burn injuries and property damage tied to the 11 fires, a milder outcome than the $15 million Yiisonger loss.
For HAIARA the open numbers are the ones the notice cannot supply: how many of the roughly 11,000 units remain in use and how many buyers will complete the photo-and-disposal process. CPSC’s tally of 600 thermal reports against about 11,000 sold works out to roughly one report for every 18 units sold. Whether the recall reaches the owners who bought the cheap $18 to $22 units through the marketplace, many of whom never registered the purchase anywhere, will determine how many of those batteries stay in circulation.
This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.
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