Are You Carrying a Fire Hazard in Your Pocket?

I want to call attention to what has been identified as a potential fire hazard presented by a popular promotional product.

In the past 6 months, I have been receiving notices from the Consumer Product Safety Commission of product recalls for portable phone chargers which have a tendency to overheat while charging, which creates a fire hazard. The latest recall involves 2 complaints of the product melting while in use.

The main contributor to these incidents is poor manufacturing practices being used in Asian plants. If you are considering using any charging phone accessory or re-chargeble external battery for a mobile phone as a promotion or gift this holiday season, buyer beware. Please make sure the sales person can provide documentation of satisfactory product testing being done in the US.

Even though these "techie" products are popular at present, I am always cautious about using these or any type of product which can "backfire" and do more harm than good for my customer's reputation.