You know that power bank sitting in your bag right now — the one that’s been charging your phone at the gym, in the car, next to your pillow overnight. Most of the time it’s just a convenience. You don’t think about it twice. But if yours is a HAIARA, bought on Amazon in the last year and a half, this is the week to actually look at it.
What federal regulators found
On October 29, the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s recall notice covers about 11,000 HAIARA power banks sold on Amazon.com by the seller Mitrytech. The problem is the lithium battery inside: it can explode and ignite, with no warning first.
This isn’t a minor glitch. Per CPSC’s notice, Mitrytech has already received 600 reports of fire or other thermal incidents — including three burn injuries and nine reports of property damage. No deaths have been reported, and that’s genuinely good news. But 600 reports on 11,000 units is not a fluke rate, it’s a pattern.
How to check which one you have
Per CPSC’s listing, the recalled units were sold for $18 to $22, from May 2025 through September 2026. The warning is specific: it applies to power banks with no date code printed on the side. A date code looks like eight digits in a row — year, month, day. If you can’t find one on yours, treat it as recalled until you confirm otherwise.
Go dig it out of your bag tonight, not next time you remember. A battery that’s charged your phone every day for a year hasn’t gotten any safer just because it hasn’t failed yet. It’s had more cycles, more heat, more wear on the exact part that’s failing in other people’s units.
Getting your money back
This one’s a straightforward refund, not a replacement. If you bought your HAIARA power bank on Amazon from Mitrytech, CPSC’s recall instructions say to contact Mitrytech directly for refund steps. The company wants a photo of the power bank with “recalled” written on it in permanent marker. It also wants confirmation that you’ve disposed of it the right way — lithium batteries don’t go in a regular trash can.
Check with your city’s hazardous waste program or a battery drop-off bin at a hardware store before you throw it anywhere. A punctured lithium battery in a garbage truck is its own kind of bad day, and it’s an easy one to avoid with one extra stop.
Why “it’s never gotten hot” doesn’t settle it
Here’s the thing about a battery that explodes without warning: that’s the whole point of the warning. You’re not going to get a slow leak or a funny smell first. The units that failed for other people almost certainly felt completely normal right up until they didn’t.
So “mine’s been fine” isn’t actually information about whether yours is safe — it’s just information about what hasn’t happened yet. You don’t need to be scared of every gadget you own. You do need to treat a federal recall with a working lithium battery as the one category where “wait and see” isn’t a real option.
What this means for how you charge things going forward
If you’re pulling your HAIARA out of rotation, don’t just grab the next cheapest power bank you see. Look for one with real safety certification — UL listing is the easiest thing to check for. Skip anything with no manufacturer name you can actually find online.
This isn’t about swearing off power banks or panicking every time something gets warm in your bag. It’s about giving one specific product the specific response it’s earned.
Check the date code, get the refund, dispose of it properly. Then you’re free to go back to not thinking about your charger at all.