CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using ALEBEE Helmets Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Head Injury; Violates Mandatory Standard for Bicycle Helmets
CPSC warning 26-119. Announced by CPSC on Nov 26, 2025.
- CPSC warning, not a recall
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Nov 26, 2025. Copied from CPSC on Oct 25, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- About 360 units, as CPSC gives them
- Not said injuries, in the notice
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.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
The helmets violate the retention system, positional stability, certification, and labeling requirements of the mandatory standard for https://www.cpsc.gov/Business--Manufacturing/Business-Education/Busines… helmets. With these violations, the helmets can fail to protect riders in the event of a crash, posing a deadly risk of head injury.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
CPSC urges consumers to stop using the ALEBEE helmets immediately, cut the straps, and dispose of them. Do not sell or give away these hazardous helmets.
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 ALEBEE Bicycle Helmets because the helmets violate the retention system, positional stability, certification, and labeling requirements of the mandatory standard for bicycle helmets. With these violations, the helmets can fail to protect riders in the event of a crash, posing a deadly risk of head injury. CPSC issued a Notice of Violation to the seller, Shijiazhuangshitangtemaoyiyouxiangongsi, of China, doing business as Tangyuwangs Shop. The firm has been unresponsive to CPSC’s request to recall these helmets or offer a remedy to consumers. About 360 helmets were sold on Amazon from May 2023 through September 2025 for about $33. The helmets may also have been sold on other platforms and by other third-party sellers.The helmets were sold in one size fitting a head circumference of 22 inches to 23.6 inches. The helmets are made of a khaki-colored, wide-brimmed bucket hat with a black hard plastic inner shell, a khaki string and a black spring cord stopper. The helmets have “BUMP CAP” printed on a label located inside the helmet’s plastic inner shell. CPSC is aware that the firm also sold the helmets in black, brown, green, gray, and navy. These products were manufactured in China.CPSC urges consumers to stop using the ALEBEE helmets immediately, cut the straps, and dispose of them. Do not sell or give away these hazardous helmets. Report any incidents involving injury or product defect to CPSC at www.SaferProducts.gov.
About 360 units, as CPSC gives them.
ALEBEE Bicycle Helmets.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Who made and sold it?
- Sold by Shijiazhuangshitangtemaoyiyouxiangongsi, China, doing business as Tangyuwangs Shop.
- About 360 helmets were sold on Amazon from May 2023 through September 2025 for about $33. The helmets may also have been sold on other platforms and by other third-party sellers.
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
The notice doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
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.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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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.
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.