CPSC Warns Consumers to Stop Using iGarden Swim Jets Combination Drain Covers Immediately Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Entrapment and Drowning; Violate the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act
CPSC warning 26-765. Announced by CPSC on Sep 10, 2026.
- CPSC warning, not a recall
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Sep 10, 2026. 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.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
The drain covers do not conform to the entrapment protection standards of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (VGBA), posing an entrapment hazard to swimmers and bathers. The drain covers also violate the safety requirements because they do not bear the required product markings, statements regarding the service life of the covers and installation and maintenance instructions.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
CPSC urges consumers to stop using the swim jet combination drain covers immediately and stop using pools with the combination drain covers. Consumers should destroy the drain covers by unplugging, cutting the power cord, and disposing of them. Do not sell or give away these hazardous drain covers. Ensure all pools and spas have VGBA-compliant drain covers and teach children to stay away from drains.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Which ones does it cover?
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to stop using the iGarden swim jet combination drain cover immediately. The drain covers do not conform to the entrapment protection standards of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (VGBA), posing an entrapment hazard to swimmers and bathers. The drain covers also violate the safety requirements because they do not bear the required product markings, statements regarding the service life of the covers and installation and maintenance instructions. CPSC urges consumers to stop using the swim jet combination drain covers immediately and stop using pools with the combination drain covers. Consumers should destroy the drain covers by unplugging, cutting the power cord, and disposing of them. Do not sell or give away these hazardous drain covers. Ensure all pools and spas have VGBA-compliant drain covers and teach children to stay away from drains. CPSC issued a Notice of Violation to the importer, iGarden.ai. iGarden.ai has been unresponsive to CPSC’s request for a recall of these swim jet combination drain covers. The swim jet combination drain cover, model P100, measures 14.02 inches long, 14.33 inches wide and 11.06 inches high. The swim jet combination drain cover consists of a silver metal housing with a large circular jet opening shaped using a ramjet-style nozzle in the front. The body and back of the housing has holes to pull in water. The drain cover comes with a control box, control box cover, mounting bracket, front wire cover, upper wire cover and remote control. The model “P100” can be found on the packaging and user manual. CPSC is aware the firm may have also sold similar swim jet combination drain covers in other models. Report any incidents involving injury or product defect to CPSC at www.SaferProducts.gov.
IGarden Swim Jets P100.
CPSC, Product safety warnings. Released Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Who made and sold it?
- The notice names no firm.
- The swim jet combination drain covers were sold online at store.igarden.ai for between $2,000 and $2,400. The swim jet combination drain cover may have also been sold on other websites.
- 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.