CPSC, Virgo Enterprises Announce Recall of Hair Dryers
Home product recall 04-547. Announced by CPSC on Apr 21, 2004.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Apr 21, 2004. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- 900 units, as CPSC gives them
- None injuries, CPSC’s notice says
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
These hair dryers do not have an immersion protection device or ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) on the power cord, which poses a serious electrocution hazard if dropped in water. In 1991, a voluntary standard was implemented that called for all hair dryers used by consumers to protect against electrocution in both the “on” and “off” positions.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Stop using these hair dryers immediately and return the unit to the firm for a replacement unit that has an immersion protection device.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: Virgo Enterprises representatives at (800) 552-0961between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.
Which ones are recalled?
The recalled units are the Turbo 2000, Turbo Laser 1500, Super Turbo 3000, Turbo Plus 2800 and Turbo Plus 1800 electric hand-held hair dryers. These hair dryers have a pistol grip, black or red colored plastic casing, two-prong power cord, and a label that reads, in part, “Virgo Professional” and “110V/60HZ”. The model name and number also are printed on the label
900 units, as CPSC gives them.
Electric hand-held hair dryers.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 1 photo on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Made by Virgo Enterprises, Irvington, N.J.
- Retail beauty supply stores in the metropolitan New York area, between March 2003 and December 2003, for about $50.
- Made in Italy and Spain, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
None reported.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked 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, Recalls API.
Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
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