Camelot SI, LLC automotive tools or accessories
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Nov 4, 2019. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Nov 4, 2019the latest report was made
- Nov 4, 2019the earliest
- 1with the company’s comments
- Brand
- None given: no report names a brand, so the group is named for its maker, Camelot SI, LLC
- Maker
- Camelot SI, LLCMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Automotive tools or accessoriesCPSC’s product type: Automotive Tools or Accessories (code 821), in Home Maintenance and Structures: Tools & Hardware
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| November 2019 | 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 Nov 4, 2019, sent to the company Jan 27, 2020, published by CPSC Feb 10, 2020
The product, in the report: Rechargeable battery-powered tire-inflator
My wife bought me a Sharper Image battery-powered (rechargeable) tire inflator for Christmas 2018. Its appearance is similar to a cordless drill but instead of a drill bit protruding from its nozzle, there is a short flexible tire hose with a valve that fits the standard Schroeder type used by all vehicles and most recreational products that have pneumatic tires on them. It is in reality, a portable air compressor.
It features a digital readout which allows you to manually set your desired pressure. Once set, you pull the trigger and let it run until the target pressure is reached. I had used it a number of times on my family’s vehicles and enjoyed its convenience and efficiency.
On one occasion I attached it to a deflated tire on a lightweight twin wheeled wheel barrow. I set the 22psi pressure recommended and left it alone to run until completed. It ran for about 4 minutes and then stopped, having reached the desired pressure. Instead of detaching the unit from my wheelbarrow tire, I left it there. No harm I assumed; job done.
A while later I set off my nearby lawn sprinkler. Thinking nothing more about the lawn or the inflator after approx 10 mins, I was puzzled by a sound I thought may be at first was air caught up in the garden hose. It was soon apparent that it was the SI inflator/compressor. Realizing that I’d heard the noise for a while, I approached the valve with caution. When I tried to release the trigger, there was an almighty BANG! It was so loud, my wife came running around from the front of the house thinking that a shotgun had fired very close to us!
My assumption is that the water from the sprinkler shorted out the inflator’s preset internal max pressure setting and allowed it continue until the battery would expire. It completely ripped apart both the tube and the tire.
Reporting the incident to Sharper Image, they, at first seemed concerned, telling me that they’d forward my unit to a special department. However, their response to a couple of follow up calls was ultimately to forward me a refund in the form of a credit.
In our town about 12 years ago, one tire dealer was killed when a regular hose was left on a wheel barrow tire that did not have the required safety cage over it. Had this been set on a higher capacity tire typically found on a regular car or truck, the result could have been similarly catastrophic.
I belief that this product had not been thoroughly tested prior to it being available for sale and so is extremely dangerous. I also believe that other retailers sell the same unit under different names.
- Bought from
- Sharper Image
- Bought
- Nov 23, 2018
- Where
- Sugar Grove, North Carolina: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 63, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand I don’t know., made or sold by Camelot SI, LLC
- 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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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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