Hoverboards Are Unsafe Says Consumer Product Safety Commission

The Consumer Product Safety Commission sent a letter to hoverboard manufacturers and retailers warning them that hoverboards that do not meet most recent safety standards are considered “defective,” and could present an “imminent hazard” to consumers.

“Consumers risk serious injury or death if their self-balancing scooters ignite and burn,” the agency said, urging manufacturers to ensure the safety of the products or face the risk of recall.

“Self-balancing scooters that do not meet these voluntary safety standards pose an unreasonable risk of fire to consumers,” CPSC Office of Compliance and Field Operations Acting Director Robert Howell wrote in the letter, dated Thursday. “Consumers risk serious injury or death if their self-balancing scooters ignite and burn.”