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Hair dryer – GW “Foldable Hair Dryer”

Serious risk Electric shock

Published by Safety Gate 28 Jan 2025In the weekly report of 31 Jan 2025 (week 5, 2025)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Hair dryer
Brand
GW (2 alerts)
Name
Foldable Hair Dryer
Type / model
GW-555
Barcode
5685688275084
Barcodes listed
5685688275084 (official alert record)
Description
Silver and blue-coloured plastic travel hairdryer with two temperature settings.
Risk
The cable is not properly anchored and the accessible wires have inadequate insulation. The user could touch accessible live parts, which may cause an electric shock. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive nor with the European standard EN 60335.
Measures
  • Withdrawal of the product from the market · ordered on the distributor · from 20 Dec 2024
  • Recall of the product from end users · ordered on the distributor · from 20 Dec 2024
Notifying country
Hungary
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert SR/00484/25Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert SR/00484/25Photo 3 of the product in Safety Gate alert SR/00484/25Photo 4 of the product in Safety Gate alert SR/00484/25Photo 5 of the product in Safety Gate alert SR/00484/25
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert SR/00484/25
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2025-5 (XML)
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