If there is a white-and-orange HotHands rechargeable hand warmer in your coat pocket, your truck console or your hunting bag, take it out, stop using it and do not plug it in again. The battery inside can overheat and catch fire, and the company that sells it is giving every owner a full refund.
Story Highlights
- Owners of HotHands Rechargeable Hand Warmers, model H163650, are told to stop using them at once.
- The battery and wiring can overheat and catch fire. No fires or injuries have been reported.
- About 77,000 were sold in the United States at Target, The Home Depot, Bass Pro Shops, Meijer and Amazon.
- The company is paying a full refund. The unit must not go in the trash.
What to Do With the One You Own
The recall was announced on Thursday, October 1, by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, or CPSC, the federal agency that orders unsafe products off the market. It covers one product: the HotHands Rechargeable Hand Warmer, model H163650. The model number is printed on the underside. The warmers are white with orange, have a hard plastic shell and a white HotHands logo, and came two to a pack with a silicone lanyard. The two halves snap together with magnets and charge through a USB-C port.
The refund takes three steps. First, go to the company’s recall page or call 866-534-9986, weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern, to get a claim number. Second, write the word “Recalled” and that claim number on the warmer in permanent marker. Third, send in a photo that shows the marked warmer, the model number and the four-digit batch number. Add a photo of the receipt if you still have it.
Why It Cannot Go in the Trash
The warmer runs on a lithium-ion battery, the same kind of rechargeable cell found in phones and cordless tools. These batteries pack a lot of energy into a small space, and one that is faulty or crushed can burst into flame. A garbage truck or a recycling plant crushes what it picks up. That is why the notice tells owners not to put the warmer in household trash, in a curbside recycling bin or in the battery drop box at a store.
The right place is a town or county household hazardous waste center. The agency says to call the center first and ask whether it takes recalled lithium-ion batteries before you bring one in.
The Numbers and the Stores
About 77,000 of the warmers were sold in the United States, and about 72 more in Canada, where the national health agency posted its own alert. They were on shelves from July 2025 through August 2026 and cost between $30 and $40. Sellers included Bass Pro Shops, Meijer, Target, The Home Depot and Amazon, along with other stores nationwide.
The seller is Kobayashi Consumer Products of Dalton, Georgia. The warmers were made in China. The agency said the lithium-ion battery and electrical parts “can overheat and ignite,” which can cause serious burns and fires. The company said it has received no reports of fires or injuries and called the recall a precaution.
Who Is Likely to Have One
These are the warmers men buy for a deer stand, a duck blind, a cold job site or the bleachers on a Friday night. They were sold through two cold seasons, so one may be sitting in a glove box, a tackle bag or a jacket that has not been worn since spring. The recall names only the rechargeable model H163650.
Check every coat and bag before the first cold morning. If the number on the underside reads H163650, leave it unplugged and start the refund.
Sources:
medicaldaily.com, hothands.com, cpsc.gov, recalls-rappels.canada.ca
