IKEA Calypso Ceiling Lamp ceiling lights and chandeliers
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Oct 12, 2017. A report isn’t a recall.
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- 1report to CPSC
- Oct 12, 2017the latest report was made
- Oct 12, 2017the earliest
- 1with the company’s comments
- Brand
- IKEA Calypso Ceiling Lamp
- Maker
- IKEA North America Services, LLCMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Ceiling lights and chandeliersElectric light fixtures fixed in placeCPSC’s product type: Electric Chandeliers or Other Attached Light Fixtures (code 628), in Furniture, Furnishings & Decorations: Indoor Lighting
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| October 2017 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Seen by a doctor or nurse 1 CPSC: Injury, Seen by Medical Professional
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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Seen by a doctor or nurse Made Oct 12, 2017, sent to the company Oct 20, 2017, published by CPSC Nov 3, 2017
The product, in the report: IKEA Calypso Ceiling Lamp. Lamp is purchased and generally self installed at home by purchaser. The lamp contains 3 standard screw-in type light bulbs. IKEA recommends LED light bulbs (which is what I used in my lamp). The lamp is attached to an electrical box that’s typically already in the ceiling and is turned on/off by standard wall switch that would normally already be present.
IKEA Calypso Ceiling Lamp breaks into razor sharp glass shards when removing the glass shade to clean it or to change light bulbs and has caused lacerations on both my hands. This lamp is a fairly new product and is still on store shelves as of today (10/12/2017). By searching on-line reviews I have found that the glass in this lamp is breaking on it’s own without anything coming in contact with it for lots of other people. I believe it is due to stress in the glass from the light going from cold to hot and back again when the lamp is turned on and off, and that IKEA designers may have over compensated in how tightly the glass is held in the metal clips that hold the glass in place, possibly because in a previous ceiling light model, the glass was just releasing and falling to the floor. This lamp DOES NOT have that problem. The problem with this lamp is the glass just spontaneously fractures in one’s hands, even if held very gently.
This is a totally separate and new issue from the previously recalled IKEA Ceiling Lamps even though the issue sounds similar at first. This is a newer, redesigned ceiling lamp.
When the glass shade / shroud needs to be removed for either cleaning or changing out light bulbs, this rather large piece of curved glass just spontaneously falls into many razor sharp pieces in one’s hands, probably due to stress fractures that develop in the glass from the lamp during use. The real danger here is that if someone is removing the glass from underneath it while looking up, the glass will just fall into that person’s face, or will injure children that may be playing on the floor nearby.
As far as I can tell, this seems to be happening to a lot of people who own this product based on some online reviews I’ve found. I’ve contacted IKEA, and they appear to me to be unconcerned. They offered me a refund and a $50 store certificate, which I’ve refused to take.
I have a science and engineering background, and from my perspective there is nothing that can be done to safely remove the glass shroud from this lamp without it breaking in owner’s hands causing injury. It is a defective design and uses brittle, non-tempered glass. Someone is going to get seriously hurt when cleaning or changing a light bulb in this Calypso Ceiling Light product, possibly losing an eye in the process.
This will be a difficult problem to solve for IKEA I predict in that the risk of injury occurs when removing the glass shade. If the product is recalled, then owners will have to do just that, remove the glass, to return it back to IKEA. And it’s when the glass is removed that it’ll turn into razor sharp shards right in one’s hands.
Please please have something done about this dangerous product before someone gets seriously injured. I had received both lacerations and puncture wounds in both hands when removing the glass to clean it, and I was being very very careful with it. I’m quite worried about others have the same or worse outcome.
- Model
- Article Number: 000.324.16
- Bought from
- IKEA store
- Bought
- Jul 11, 2017
- Where
- Littleton, Colorado: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 62, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand IKEA Calypso Ceiling Lamp, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, Seen by Medical Professional
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
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