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CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using iHeat Heated Insoles Due to Risk of Serious Burn Injury and Fire Hazard; Sold on Amazon

CPSC warning 25-376. Announced by CPSC on Jul 10, 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 Jul 10, 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.

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The internal lithium-ion battery can explode and ignite, even when the insoles are turned off, posing a risk of serious burn injury and fire hazard.

Source:

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

What should you do?

CPSC urges consumers to immediately dispose of the defective heated insoles following local hazardous waste disposal procedures.

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 iHeat heated insoles because the internal lithium-ion battery can explode and ignite, even when the insoles are turned off, posing a risk of serious burn injury and fire hazard. CPSC has received 11 reports of fires, explosions and other thermal incidents involving the defective heated insoles, including eight reports of burn injuries, with some injuries being second- and third-degree burns.Zhangfengqing, d/b/a iHeat, of China, manufactures this product and has been unresponsive to CPSC requests for information about this product or a recall.The defective heated insoles are black or red and contain a lithium-ion battery powered by a remote control. For black insoles, the brand name “iHeat” is printed on the sole. This brand name can also be found on the purchase receipt for both the black and red insoles. The defective heated insoles were sold on Amazon from November 2022 through July 2024 for between $48 and $80.These products were manufactured in China.CPSC urges consumers to immediately dispose of the defective heated insoles following local hazardous waste disposal procedures.Note: Do not throw this defective lithium-ion battery or device in the trash, in the general recycling stream (e.g., street-level or curbside recycling bins), or in used battery recycling boxes found at various retail and home improvement stores. Defective lithium-ion batteries must be disposed of differently than other batteries, because they present a greater risk of fire. Your municipal household hazardous waste (HHW) collection center may accept this defective lithium-ion battery or device for disposal. Before taking your battery or device to a HHW collection center, contact it ahead of time and ask whether it accepts defective lithium-ion batteries. If it does not, contact your municipality for further guidance.

IHeat heated insoles.

Source:

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

Who made and sold it?

  • The notice names no firm.
  • The defective heated insoles were sold on Amazon from November 2022 through July 2024 for between $48 and $80.
  • Made in China, as the notice gives it.
Source:

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

Was anyone hurt?

CPSC has received 11 reports of fires, explosions and other thermal incidents involving the defective heated insoles, including eight reports of burn injuries, with some injuries being second- and third-degree burns.

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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