Skip to content

Hair crimper – Trendy

Serious risk Burns, Cuts, Electric shock

Published by Safety Gate 17 Apr 2008In the weekly report of 18 Apr 2008 (week 15, 2008)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Hair crimper
Brand
Trendy (2 alerts)
Brand as notified
TRENDY
Type / model
Art. 2637 17/07, barcode 4 260089 612310.
Description
White-coloured electrical appliance for hair treatment (crimping), sold in white cardboard box displaying pictures of the product. Technical characteristics: 100-240V, 50Hz, 20-25 W.
Risk
The product poses a risk of burns, electric shock and cuts because :- in some parts, the temperature increase is beyond the maximum permitted limit,- the heating elements separated from the accessible metal parts have only basic insulation (it should be double or reinforced),- the product fails the damp test, - the product contains sharp edges. The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60335.
Measures
  • Sales ban and withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers ordered by the authorities
Notifying country
Greece
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0437/08Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0437/08
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

This page reproduces the Safety Gate record as published. recallarchive is not affiliated with the European Commission. If you own this product, follow the measures above and contact the seller.

Other alerts for Trendy

Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0437/08
    European Commission, Safety Gaterecord fields marked “official alert record”: © European Union, CC BY 4.0; values listed separately here
  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2008-15 (XML)
    the copy this page was built fromCC0 1.0