Bissell is recalling greater than 3.5 million steam cleaners bought throughout the U.S. and in Canada as a result of the hand held merchandise can spew scorching water or steam, probably burning customers, the corporate stated Thursday in a discover posted by the Shopper Product Security Fee. 

The recall entails a number of fashions of the Bissell Steam Shot Handheld Steam Cleaners within the mannequin sequence 39N7 and 2994, with “STEAM SHOT” or “POWER STEAMER” printed on the facet. Colours embrace, inexperienced, pink, blue, orange, white, again, purple and crimson. 

Bissell has obtained 183 reviews of scorching water or steam escaping from the product, together with 157 reviews of minor burn accidents, based on the recall.

Manufactured in China, the steamers have been bought on-line and in shops together with Amazon, HSN (previously often called House Procuring Community), Goal and Walmart from August 2008 via Might 2024 for between $35 and $40, based on the recall discover. 

About 3.2 million of the steamers have been bought nationwide, with about 355,000 bought in Canada, based on Bissell.

Individuals who personal the recalled steamers are urged to cease utilizing them and to contact Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Bissell to obtain a $60 credit score or a $40 refund. Directions will be discovered right here. 

The announcement follows the April recall of greater than 2 million Black+Decker garment steamers blamed for scalding dozens of customers. The CPSC in November stated HSN would pay a $16 million nice for ready years to reveal a harmful defect in hundreds of thousands of garments steamers earlier than recalling them in 2021.