Power banks recalled in 2026: what US, UK and Australian recall notices say, from HAIARA to XO Poppy

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced on October 29, 2026, a recall of about 11,000 HAIARA power banks, model W5 PRO, sold on Amazon.com by a seller called Mitrytech. The agency says the lithium battery can explode and catch fire, and its notice says the seller has been made aware of 600 reports of "fire and other thermal incidents". Earlier this year, regulators in Australia and the UK published recalls of several magnetic and wireless power banks, many of them sold at TK Maxx stores. This guide sets out what each notice says, and what each tells owners to do.

The HAIARA W5 PRO recall

The 600 reports that Mitrytech has been made aware of include three of burn injuries and nine of property damage, the CPSC says. Set against the roughly 11,000 units sold, that is one report for about every 18 power banks, by our arithmetic. The notice does not say how many of the reports came from the US or over what period they were made.

The recalled units are black, with "20W" printed on the front and "Model: W5 PRO" on the side. The seller's name, Mitrytech, and the HAIARA brand are on the purchase receipt. The notice says it applies to power banks that have no date code, in the format YYYYMMDD, printed on the side. They were sold on Amazon.com from May 2025 through September 2026 for $18 to $22, by Huizhou Yancheng Trading Co., Ltd. of China, which does business as Mitrytech. They were made in China.

The remedy is a refund. The CPSC tells owners to stop using the power bank immediately and to contact Mitrytech. To be refunded, owners must send a photo of the power bank with the word "recalled" written on it in permanent marker, and confirm that they have disposed of it in line with applicable laws and regulations. The notice does not say whether the W5 PRO charges wirelessly or attaches magnetically.

Magnetic and wireless power banks recalled abroad

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the UK's Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) both published recalls of magnetic power banks in the first half of 2026. The table lists the ones we read; it is not a complete list of either regulator's power bank recalls.

Two brands appear in both countries. In Australia, the contact for the XO Poppy and POM recalls in March is TJX Australia; in the UK, OPSS says TJX UK (TK Maxx) recalled both brands in late May and early June. The POM Mag Power model codes in the UK notice, P2GQ28, P2GQ28BK and P2GQ28WT, match the style numbers in the Australian notice, P2G-Q28-BK and P2G-Q28-WT, apart from the hyphens. The two regulators describe the fault differently, though: the ACCC names the lithium-ion battery, while OPSS points to loose internal wiring. The XO Poppy models listed in the two countries carry different codes. All of the products in the table were made in China, where the notice gives a country.

What the regulators tell owners

For the Australian XO Poppy and POM recalls, the ACCC tells owners to stop using the power banks immediately and not to put them in household rubbish, home recycling or public recycling boxes. Owners can return them to a TK Maxx store for a full refund or dispose of them under local rules for lithium batteries; confirmation of disposal is required before a refund is processed. For the Cygnett MagSlim 5K, the ACCC tells owners to stop using it, check the batch code on the back and return affected units to the place of purchase for a refund or replacement.

In the UK, OPSS tells owners of the XO Poppy and POM models to stop using them and return them to a TK Maxx store, or for POM also a Homesense store, for a refund or replacement; owners of the Power Evo models are told to return them to TK Maxx. In the US, the CPSC asks people to report unsafe products and injuries at SaferProducts.gov.

What these records do not tell you

None of the notices says whether the same models were sold in the US, and the HAIARA notice gives no breakdown of where its 600 incident reports came from. The Australian and UK notices give no unit counts. A recall in one country also says nothing about power banks of the same type from other brands: each notice covers only the models, batches and sales periods it lists.