Posted on 12/18/2024 2:04:03 AM PST by CFW
A man from Trimont, Minnesota, was severely injured when his rechargeable heated insoles exploded inside his boot.
Mikaela Morris shared images online Friday of her husband Tyler’s injured foot and is urging people not to buy rechargeable heated apparel products, KENS 5 reported on Monday.
Mikaela said the insoles were not turned on when the incident happened and she rushed him to an emergency room for medical attention. Doctors later contacted the burn center at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) regarding the case.
Tyler bought the insoles from Amazon in 2023 for outside activities. The insoles were sold by a China-based company known as iHeat. However, the KENS article noted the product is no longer available on the site.
When Breitbart News searched Tuesday for “heated apparel” on Amazon, we found numerous items such as heated jackets, vests, and scarves.
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He kicked off his boot and the insole was in pieces. Tyler noted a doctor told him he was the third victim of the same problem she had seen in one week.
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Ok, I laughed.
He got it from some Israeli supplier.
There are mmoments!
Cheaply made Lithium batteries from China power lots of things in our homes these days ….everything from electric tooth brushes and water flossers to our ubiquitous cell phones and tablets not to mention the cars in our garage. Lithium is nasty stuff and easily can become an inferno if wet. Are we needlessly putting our lives in danger for these conveniences?
Precisely
I have a heated vest coming right now. For cold weather riding.
The idea of putting LiON batteries in my shoes sounds like a bad idea. In a vest? No worse than carrying a cell phone.
Tyler noted a doctor told him he was the third victim of the same problem she had seen in one week.
Anyone else think this is fake news?
Seems odd. Especially when he bought them in 2023. Now maybe if the local dollar store just got a batch in...
Doctors are becoming “specialists” more and more. I wanted an appointment with an ENT guy for my hearing. “Oh I’m sorry - he only does nose and throat for adults.”
“Oh - foot burns? You need to see Dr. Johnson at the Mayo Clinic.”
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