X-Shot balloons
1 report to CPSC, the latest made May 24, 2024. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- May 24, 2024the latest report was made
- May 24, 2024the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- X-Shot
- Maker
- Zuru Inc.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- BalloonsToyCPSC’s product type: Balloons (Toy) (code 1347), in Toys & Children: Toys
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| May 2024 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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No one hurt Made May 24, 2024, sent to the company Jun 11, 2024, published by CPSC Jul 3, 2024
The product, in the report: So many of my neighbors gave their kids different brands of water balloons that I don’t know the names of all the brands that are around my apartment building, but I can tell you a popular water balloon brand is sold at my local Walmart and it’s called X-Shot Water Warfare Water Balloons. If my kid chokes on these balloons I’ll sue the balloon manufacturer, Public Housing, and The Consumer Product Safety Commission.
I live in a Public Housing complex for families, and people have been giving their kids water balloons to play with. These water balloons are littered all over the place around my apartment building, because that is what happens when kids throw water balloons. I can’t take my toddler out of the house anymore because she keeps picking them up and putting them in her mouth and I’m scared she’ll choke on them. I read stories about toddlers choking to death on water balloons. I even read a story about a kid swallowing a balloon and he died an agonizing death when it got wrapped around his intestines and pulled them apart. Water Balloon Labels include a warning that it’s a choking hazard for children under 3. My kid is over 3 and she still puts them in her house. And the warning label isn’t effective because these products are intended to be used outdoors, and balloons get littered all over the outdoors when they’re used the way they’re intended to be used. Simply choosing to not keep them in my house will not protect my kid, because my neighbors’ kids littered them all over my neighborhood. Please ban water balloons.
- Where
- PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island: Other Public Property/
Office - Who was involved
- Age 3, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand X-Shot, made or sold by Zuru Inc.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
CPSC’s disclaimer
Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.
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Sources
Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
Released Oct 25, 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.
Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.