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OCOOPA Rechargeable Hand Warmers

OCOOPA Rechargeable Hand Warmers can overheat and ignite, posing a risk of serious injury or death from fire and burn hazards.

Summary by Recall Canary from the CPSC notice

What happened

Shenzhen Street Cat Technology Co., Ltd., dba OCOOPA Direct, is recalling about 1.5 million OCOOPA Rechargeable Hand Warmers because the lithium-ion battery can overheat and ignite, posing a risk of serious injury or death from fire and burn hazards. The company has received 1,480 reports of hand warmers overheating, resulting in 15 fires and 350 burn injuries, including the death of an 83-year-old consumer in San Diego, California in February 2026.

The recalled hand warmers are OCOOPA-branded rechargeable lithium-ion battery models UT3053, UT3056, ZLS-118, ZLS-118S, ZLS-118D, H01 and H01(PD.) They are dual-sided, sold in varying colors and designs, in packs of two warmers that can magnetically be joined, with a charging cable, a USB-C port, LED indicator lights on the hard plastic shell, and a silicone lanyard.

The products were sold online at Amazon.com, Ocoopa.com, Ocoopa.net and Walmart.com from September 2018 through May 2026 for between $15 and $60.

Consumers should stop using the recalled hand warmers immediately and contact OCOOPA Direct for a full refund in the form of an OCOOPA gift card or the original form of payment. Consumers should dispose of recalled products with the lithium-ion battery in accordance with applicable local and state hazardous waste regulations, and not throw the defective battery or device in the trash, general recycling stream, or used battery recycling boxes.

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What to do

If yours is listed below:

  1. Stop using the recalled hand warmers immediately and contact OCOOPA Direct for a full refund in the form of an OCOOPA gift card or the original form of payment.
  2. You will be asked to write in permanent marker "RECALLED" on the hand warmer and submit a photo showing that marking on the hand warmer, the model number and the product's three-digit batch number to www.ocoopa.com/pages/product-recalls (opens in a new tab)⁠.
  3. Dispose of recalled products with the lithium-ion battery in accordance with applicable local and state hazardous waste regulations.
  4. Note: Do not throw this defective lithium-ion battery or device in the trash, the general recycling stream (e.g., street-level or curbside recycling bins), or in used battery recycling boxes found at various retail and home improvement stores. Defective lithium-ion batteries must be disposed of differently than other batteries, because they present a greater risk of fire. Your municipal household hazardous waste (HHW) collection center may accept this defective lithium-ion battery or device for disposal. Before taking your battery or device to a HHW collection center, contact it ahead of time and ask whether it accepts defective lithium-ion batteries. If it does not, contact your municipality for further guidance.

What you get Refund

Email the company ocooparecalls@ocoopa.cc

Full text from CPSC

Consumers should stop using the recalled hand warmers immediately and contact OCOOPA Direct for a full refund in the form of an OCOOPA gift card or the original form of payment. Consumers will be asked to write in permanent marker "RECALLED" on the hand warmer and submit a photo showing that marking on the hand warmer, the model number and the product's three-digit batch number to www.ocoopa.com/pages/product-recalls (opens in a new tab)⁠. Consumers should dispose of recalled products with the lithium-ion battery in accordance with applicable local and state hazardous waste regulations. Note: Do not throw this defective lithium-ion battery or device in the trash, the general recycling stream (e.g., street-level or curbside recycling bins), or in used battery recycling boxes found at various retail and home improvement stores. Defective lithium-ion batteries must be disposed of differently than other batteries, because they present a greater risk of fire. Your municipal household hazardous waste (HHW) collection center may accept this defective lithium-ion battery or device for disposal. Before taking your battery or device to a HHW collection center, contact it ahead of time and ask whether it accepts defective lithium-ion batteries. If it does not, contact your municipality for further guidance.

Is yours affected?

Compare these details with your product, then check the CPSC notice for which ones are recalled.

  1. OCOOPA Rechargeable Hand Warmers

    Model number
    • UT3053
    • UT3056
    • ZLS-118
    • ZLS-118S
    • ZLS-118D
    • H01
    • H01(PD)

Product description from CPSC

This recall involves OCOOPA-branded rechargeable lithium-ion battery hand warmers, models UT3053, UT3056, ZLS-118, ZLS-118S, ZLS-118D, H01 and H01(PD.) The dual-sided, rechargeable hand warmers were sold in varying colors and designs, in packs of two warmers that can magnetically be joined and with a charging cable. The hand warmers have a USB-C port to charge the built-in lithium-ion batteries in each unit. The adjustable-heat hand warmers have LED indicator lights on the hard plastic shell and a silicone lanyard. "OCOOPA" is printed on the top of the hand warmers and on the product packaging. The model number and three-digit batch number are printed on the hand warmers' underside.

Recall details

Recalled
Sold in

Sold online only, at Amazon.com, Ocoopa.com, Ocoopa.net and Walmart.com.

From Sep 2018 to May 2026.

Price: between $15 and $60.

Seller
Shenzhen Street Cat Technology Co., Ltd., dba OCOOPA DirectChina
Hazard
Fire hazard
Recall number
26-659
Units affected
About 1.5 million
Reported incidents
OCOOPA Direct has received 1,480 reports of hand warmers overheating, resulting in 15 fires and 350 burn injuries, including the death of an 83-year-old consumer in San Diego, California in February 2026.
Contact
OCOOPA Direct by email at ocooparecalls@ocoopa.cc or online at https://www.ocoopa.com/pages/product-recalls or www.ocoopa.com and click on "Product Recall" at the top of the page for more information.
Made in
China
Imported by
Shenzhen Street Cat Technology Co., Ltd., dba OCOOPA Direct, of China

Timeline

  1. Announced by CPSC · Listed on Recall Canary

  2. Summary updated

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Summary by Recall Canary, written with AI · summary updated Oct 2, 2026 · primary source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (opens in a new tab)