BulbHead garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
2 reports to CPSC, the latest made Jul 25, 2025. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 2reports to CPSC
- Jul 25, 2025the latest report was made
- Aug 10, 2023the earliest
- 1with the company’s comments
- Brand
- BulbHead
- Maker
- TELEBRANDS CORP.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklersCPSC’s product type: Garden Hoses, Nozzles or Sprinklers (code 1414), in Yard & Garden: Gardening & Landscaping
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| July 2025 | 1 |
| August 2023 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury
- No incident, no one hurt 1 CPSC: No 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 Jul 25, 2025, sent to the company Aug 26, 2025, published by CPSC Sep 10, 2025
The product, in the report: Pocket Hose Silver Bullet 50FT
On July 21, 2025, I used the Pocket Hose Silver Bullet 50FT (purchased from Target) to rinse my car in my yard. After allowing the car to air dry, I discovered the vehicle was covered in persistent blue particles. These were initially mistaken for water spots, but after multiple unsuccessful attempts to wash them off, I found blue granules inside the hose itself, identifying it as the source of contamination.
To confirm this, I compared water flowing directly from the faucet versus water flowing through the hose. Only the water from the hose contained visible blue particles. These particles are now stuck to the vehicle’s surface, including the windshield, impairing visibility.
More concerning is the fact that this hose has also been used for common backyard childrens water play activities such as splash pads, inflatable pools. It is highly likely that kids ingested water contaminated with these particles from this hose during normal play. That possibility raises very serious concerns about the safety of this product and the chemical composition of the particles now confirmed to be shedding from the hose.
I do not know the exact material composition or toxicity of the blue granules being shed by the inner lining of this hose, but their unexpected presence, bonding to vehicle surfaces, and potential ingestion by children pose significant health and safety risks.
I contacted the manufacturer, BulbHead, and they offered to investigate the hose if I mail it to them. However, I am hesitant to send the hose because I would be surrendering the primary physical evidence before a neutral third party can examine it. and given the potential health implications, I believe an independent or government-supervised investigation would be more appropriate.
I respectfully request your guidance on:
- How to preserve this product as evidence while also ensuring proper investigation. - Whether the CPSC will be opening an investigation into this product or coordinating with the manufacturer. - Whether I should formally file a consumer incident report through SaferProducts.gov or another portal.
Please let me know what next steps I should take. For your reference, I have attached photographs of the water contaminated with particles, as well as images of the vehicle damage.
Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Update 8/13/2025: While using the Pocket Hose Silver Bullet 50FT, the product released blue particulate matter into the water. This hose has been routinely used in backyard play activities for young children, including splash pads and inflatable pools. It is highly likely that children drank water directly from the hose during these activities, under the assumption that it was clean tap water. Given that the composition of these blue particles is unknown, there is a significant concern that ingestion could cause harmful effects, especially in children whose bodies are more vulnerable to toxins and foreign materials.
Additionally, these particles bond strongly to surfaces (as demonstrated by their persistence on my vehicle after multiple cleaning attempts), suggesting that they may also adhere within the human body if ingested. Long-term health impacts from swallowing such material, particularly if it contains synthetic polymers, dyes, or other chemicals are unknown but could be severe.
In my opinion, no consumer product intended to carry potable water or water for child play as a common sense of use should release visible particulate matter of unknown origin. The potential for ingestion by children, combined with the persistence of the particles, represents a serious health hazard that should be urgently investigated.
- Model
- Pocket Hose Silver Bullet 50FT
- Bought from
- Target(they no longer sale this product)
- Bought
- Apr 27, 2024
- Where
- Houston, Texas: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand BulbHead, made or sold by TELEBRANDS CORP.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No incident, no one hurt Made Aug 10, 2023, sent to the company Aug 23, 2023, published by CPSC Sep 7, 2023
The product, in the report: This is the newest edition of the bullet hose marketed on TV as “lead free” and “safe for drinking” and with inner layers of latex, a common allergen.
Bulbhead is advertising, on TV and their website, a new hose as safe for drinking. The inner core of the hose is layers of LATEX, a common allergen that can result in anaphylaxis and death if imbibed from the hose. They say it’s safe to drink from because there is no lead. Here’s a link to their website: https://www.Bulbhead.com
If the commercial hadn’t stated “safe for drinking”, I wouldn’t be contacting you.
This is the ad that claims it’s safe for drinking. It looks like the one that I saw on 8/5/2023 at about [REDACTED]. [REDACTED] ——————————— [REDACTED] of the [REDACTED] sitcom is the spokesman on the TV ad that I saw this morning, 8/5/2023.
- Where
- Goleta, California: Other
- Who was involved
- Unknown
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand Bulbhead, made or sold by TELEBRANDS CORP.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- No 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
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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.