A baby monitor is being urgently recalled over fears it can catch fire while charging.
The Australian consumer watchdog issued the recall on Tuesday, telling parents they need to get rid of their Babysense MaxView video monitor screens.
The monitor was being sold on the Hisense and Babysense websites as well as by Amazon.
“The lithium-ion battery in the parent unit viewing screen may overheat during charging, which could result in the battery swelling, melting, emitting smoke or sparking and become a fire hazard,” the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission warns.
“Risk of serious injury, death and/or property damage from fire if the battery overheats during charging and starts a fire. Incidents have occurred overseas.”
Parents and carers cannot throw the device in the bin though; the video screen needs to be taken to a certified e-waste or hazardous waste facility because of its lithium-ion battery.
The video monitors are made for Hisense in China, and the dangerous devices have a host of serial numbers that can be seen on the ACCC website.
People who own a Babysense MaxView can register on recallsecure.com to get a replacement device. Other similar versions of the Babysense MaxView are not part of the recall.
As well as the video screen, the ACCC has been forced to issue urgent recalls for a string of baby and children’s items lately.
As well as the usual recall over button batteries in toys – button batteries do not meet Australian standards – the ACCC recalled the Cheap as Chips Baby Steps cot on Tuesday because it does not have the correct warning labels about suffocation.
A mountain bike sold at dozens of bike shops across the country was recalled earlier this month over concerns a bolt holding the crank arm could fall out. The Raven 26” Onyx Dirt Jumper bike had been on sale at 52 independent bike shops across Australia from early December until the first week of March.
