Life+Gear flashlights and lanterns
2 reports to CPSC, the latest made May 20, 2014. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 2reports to CPSC
- May 20, 2014the latest report was made
- Oct 26, 2011the earliest
- 2with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Life+Gear
- Maker
- LIFE+GEARMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Flashlights and lanternsCPSC’s product type: Flashlights or Battery-powered Lanterns (code 639), in Yard & Garden: Outdoor Lighting
Other ways the reports write the brand (1)
“Lifegear”
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| May 2014 | 1 |
| October 2011 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Emergency room 1 CPSC: Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received
- 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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Emergency room Made May 20, 2014, sent to the company May 30, 2014, published by CPSC Jun 13, 2014
The product, in the report: The product is the Lifegear glowstick flashlight with whistle. Has a flashlight on one end and a whistle on the other. The entire wand can glow too. http://www.lifegear.com/glow-sticks-1/glow-stick
My 13 year old son impaled himself in the leg with the LifeGear Glowstick with whistle. Unfortunately the wound required 9 stitches. I was at a Girl Scout camp out this weekend and one of the young girls was running with the exact same light around her neck (does have a lanyard) Of course I stopped the young girl from running with the light but it struck me that I should let someone know about the injury to my son so hopefully a more catastrophic injury does not occur to someone else. I never in my wildest dreams would have thought this could happen. The whistle was literally filled with my son’s flesh. Maybe a cap over the whistle would eliminate this problem? The hospital evaluated the flashlight to make sure that no plastic broke off of it and then disposed of it. I have others like it.
- Model
- GlowStick
- Where
- Potomac, Maryland: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 13, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand Lifegear, made or sold by LIFE+GEAR
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received
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No incident, no one hurt Made Oct 26, 2011, sent to the company Nov 3, 2011, published by CPSC Dec 5, 2011
The product, in the report: emergency light by Life+Gear with flashlight and light stick
I purchased an emergency light stick made by Life+Gear at Home Depot. This product is listed as for ages 3+, but frankly is not safe at any age. The product is a flash light with a polypropelene end that lights up in one of 3 colors for emergency use, and has a whistle included. While the overall product is great, when you take the cap off of the whistle, it has a sharp end that would severly injur a child or adult if they slipped with it in their mouth. As soon as I saw it, I cut the sharp point off, rounded the edges, then gave it to my grandson who is 3 1/2. The very virst thing he did was uncover the whistle and insert about 2 inches of the device in his mouth!
While the product is very good, the end needs to be rounded before someone is hurt.
- Bought from
- Home Depot
- Bought
- Oct 21, 2011
- Where
- Unspecified: Unspecified
- Who was involved
- Age 3, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Other Relative
- As this report names them
- Brand Life+Gear, made or sold by LIFE+GEAR
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- No Incident, No Injury
CPSC’s disclaimer
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
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