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CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Laboomkey Electric Immersion Water Heaters Sold on Amazon.com Due to Fire and Burn Hazards; Risk of Serious Injury and Death

CPSC warning 25-363. Announced by CPSC on Jun 26, 2025.

  • CPSC warning, not a recall
  • CPSC: stop using it
CPSC’s own warning, on cpsc.gov

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Announced by CPSC on Jun 26, 2025. Copied from CPSC on Oct 25, 2026.

Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.

What’s wrong with it?

CPSC issued this as a product safety warning, not a recall.

CPSC warns people about a product this way when there is no recall of it. What’s wrong and what to do are below, in CPSC’s words.

Source:

CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Hearth Record wrote these lines.

They pose a risk of serious injury and death due to fire and burn hazards. The product is intended to be immersed in water for the purpose of heating the water.

Source:

CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What should you do?

CPSC urges consumers to immediately dispose of the electric immersion water heaters. There is no remedy for consumers because the manufacturer is refusing to cooperate with CPSC.

Source:

CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Which ones does it cover?

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to immediately stop using Laboomkey Electric Immersion Water Heaters, models RDK, RDKL, RDK-H and HT2000W, because they pose a risk of serious injury and death due to fire and burn hazards. The product is intended to be immersed in water for the purpose of heating the water.Changsha Yiruituo Trade Co. Ltd., of China, imports this product and has been unwilling to conduct a recall.CPSC is aware of 81 reports of the Laboomkey electric immersion water heaters igniting, melting, smoking or overheating, including at least 31 reports of fires. The defective electric immersion water heaters will catch fire if the unit is not completely submerged in water.The defective electric immersion water heaters are metal tubes with several holes stamped into the metal. Some have an attached black plastic power cord, while others have blue end caps and a white plastic power cord. The defective electric immersion water heaters were sold on Amazon.com from May 2023 through May 2025 for about $35.CPSC urges consumers to immediately dispose of the electric immersion water heaters. There is no remedy for consumers because the manufacturer is refusing to cooperate with CPSC.Report incidents involving these electric immersion water heaters, or any product-related injury, on www.SaferProducts.gov.Under section 6(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Act, CPSC is required to include with this press release any comments or other information provided by the company or a summary thereof. The company objects to this press release.

Laboomkey Electric Immersion Water Heaters, models RDK, RDKL, RDK-H and HT2000W.

Source:

CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Who made and sold it?

  • Imported by Changsha Yiruituo Trade Co. Ltd., China,.
  • The defective electric immersion water heaters were sold on Amazon.com from May 2023 through May 2025 for about $35.
Source:

CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Was anyone hurt?

CPSC is aware of 81 reports of the Laboomkey electric immersion water heaters igniting, melting, smoking or overheating, including at least 31 reports of fires.

Source:

CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What the record doesn’t say

  • The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
  • The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
  • How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
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Sources

  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Product safety warnings.

    Released Oct 19, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

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Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 25, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

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