Amika hair dryers
3 reports to CPSC, the latest made Apr 20, 2023. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 3reports to CPSC
- Apr 20, 2023the latest report was made
- Aug 7, 2014the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Amika
- Maker
- HEAT MAKES SENSE, INC.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Hair dryersCPSC’s product type: Hair Dryers (code 1602), in Personal Care: Grooming
Other ways the reports write the brand (1)
“AMIKA by Amika SULTRY LACE POWER CLOUD PRO DRYER”
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| April 2023 | 1 |
| September 2015 | 1 |
| August 2014 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Hurt, no treatment 1 CPSC: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received
- No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury
- Not said 1 CPSC: Unspecified
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 Apr 20, 2023, sent to the company Apr 26, 2023, published by CPSC May 10, 2023
The product, in the report: The product is a hair styling tool that combines a round hair brush and electric blow dryer.
I have an Amika hair blow dryer brush that I purchased directly from Amika in December 2020. While using the product last week, the dryer’s handle got very hot and I could smell a strong burning odor, then the dryer started to smoke.
The product is a combination hair dryer and round brush. My hair was tightly wrapped around the brush end of the dryer when the incident occurred, so I couldn’t just drop it. While I was unwrapping my hair from the brush, the handle got almost too hot to hold and the dryer started smoking. I immediately unplugged the dryer from the wall outlet.
I have not been able to reach anyone at Amika by phone, but did receive an email stating that they would like a photo or video of the entire dryer and a closeup photo of the dryer’s date code tag.
Yesterday, my husband (an engineer) took photos of the dryer and made a short video of the dryer in operation. He set the dryer on a non-flammable surface near our kitchen exhaust fan. He attached a digital thermometer to the dryer’s handle to record its temperature. The dryer started to smoke about a minute after turn-on and burst into flame 15 seconds later. He then immediately shut off the dryer and extinguished the flames.
The thermometer reading was 70 degrees (F) before turn-on, 96 degrees when the dryer burst into flame, and continued to rise for several minutes after the dryer was turned off. The peak temperature was 144 degrees.
The video that my husband recorded includes the entire test, from turn-on to shutoff.
After watching the video I realized that I had narrowly avoided serious injury during last week’s incident. The dryer was probably seconds away from bursting into flame while I was trying to disentangle it from my hair.
During a visit to the hair salon yesterday, my stylist said that the section of hair that was wrapped around the Amika dryer brush during the incident was badly heat-damaged.
- Model
- Hair Blow Dryer Brush
- UPC
- 840117801325
- Bought from
- www.loveamika.com
- Bought
- Dec 18, 2020
- Where
- Madison, Wisconsin: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 56, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Amika, made or sold by HEAT MAKES SENSE, INC.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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Hurt, no treatment Made Sep 5, 2015, sent to the company Sep 15, 2015, published by CPSC Sep 29, 2015
The product, in the report: White with black and green print
While drying my hair my Amika hair dryer sparked. It was still on as I was trying to figure out what caused it and it began sparking and popping they the switches in the hAndle. I immediately turned it off and unplugged it. See other complaints for the same issues
- Model
- AM1910
- Bought from
- HSN
- Where
- Bakersfield, California: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 44, Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Amika, made or sold by HEAT MAKES SENSE, INC.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received
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Not said Made Aug 7, 2014, sent to the company Aug 19, 2014, published by CPSC Sep 3, 2014
The product, in the report: AMIKA by Amika SULTRY LACE POWER CLOUD PRO DRYER
As I was drying my hair with the Amika brand hair dryer, the cord caught fire. Having researched the product online, I’m seeing this is not an isolated issue.
- Model
- AM5561
- Serial number
- AM5561
- Bought from
- HSN
- Bought
- Jan 10, 2014, about then
- Where
- Carmel, Indiana: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand AMIKA by Amika SULTRY LACE POWER CLOUD PRO DRYER, made or sold by HEAT MAKES SENSE, INC.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Unspecified
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.
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