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Jul 01, 2025STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Consumers should immediately stop using and dispose of some electric immersion water heaters sold exclusively on Amazon, after the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission received 31 reports of fires.
The commission says the electric immersion water heaters pose a risk of serious injury and death due to fire and burn hazards.
Consumers should immediately throw away the Laboomkey Electric Immersion Water Heaters, the agency advised.
The product is intended to be immersed in water for the purpose of heating the water.
Models RDK, RDKL, RDK-H and HT2000W are impacted by the warning.
Changsha Yiruituo Trade Co. Ltd., of China, imports this product and has been unwilling to conduct a voluntary recall, according to the safety commission.
The items were sold online at Amazon.com from May 2023 through May 2025 for about $35.
The commission said there have been 81 reports of the Laboomkey electric immersion water heaters igniting, melting, smoking or overheating. At least 31 reports were of fires.
The defective electric immersion water heaters are metal tubes with several holes stamped into the metal.
Some have an attached black plastic power cord, while others have blue end caps and a white plastic power cord, the agency said.
There is no remedy for consumers because the manufacturer is refusing to cooperate with the commission. The company, according to the commission, objected to its news release to the media.
Consumers should report any incidents involving injury or product defect to CPSC at www.SaferProducts.gov.
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