If you’re the owner of an Anker power bank, this is your cue to check its model number. It could mean the difference between a charged phone and a meltdown. The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued an data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Anker-Power-Banks-Recalled-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards-Manufactured-by-Anker-Innovations-1″ target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Anker-Power-Banks-Recalled-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards-Manufactured-by-Anker-Innovations-1″ referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>official warning on September 18 (via data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.theverge.com/news/781072/anker-power-bank-uscpsc-global-recall-fire-risk-battery-zolo-maggo” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.theverge.com/news/781072/anker-power-bank-uscpsc-global-recall-fire-risk-battery-zolo-maggo” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>The Verge) involving five Anker power banks that the company data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=kXQk6%2AivFEQ&mid=43469&u1=wp-us-2832309761759107962&murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.anker.com%2Frc2506″ target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.anker.com/rc2506″ referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” rel=”sponsored noopener” data-hl-processed=”hawklinks” data-placeholder-url=”https://click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=kXQk6%2AivFEQ&mid=43469&u1=hawk-custom-tracking&murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.anker.com%2Frc2506″ data-google-interstitial=”false” data-merchant-name=”Anker” data-merchant-id=”151855″ data-merchant-network=”LS” data-merchant-url=”anker.com”>voluntarily recalled in June 2025.
At the time of the initial voluntary recall a few months ago, Anker stated that “the likelihood of malfunction is considered minimal,” but “out of…
