Recalled Ozark Trail 64 oz Stainless-Steel Insulated Water Bottle, model 83-662
Posted on 07/14/2025 9:48:19 AM PDT by Red Badger
This is scary.
Walmart has announced it has recalled about 850,000 Ozark Trail water bottles after some caused serious injuries, including blindness.
The recall was made after it was discovered that the water bottle lid can eject on its own, making it dangerous to consumers.
The Hill filled in more details on the recall:
Walmart is recalling approximately 850,000 Ozark Trail water bottles after multiple injuries, including two incidents that resulted in consumers suffering permanent blindness, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
The CPSC stated that the screwcap lid on the 64-ounce stainless steel water bottles “can forcefully eject” when opening after food or beverages have been inside for a while.
So far, the CPSC says it has received three reports of people being struck in the face by the bottles’ lids. Two people have suffered permanent vision loss after being hit in the eye.
The bottles, which have been sold in Walmart stores nationwide since 2017, are silver with a black lid and the Ozark Trail logo on the side. They bear the model number 83-662 on the product packaging, the CPSC says.
NBC News reported more details on how the water bottles caused blindness to two people:
The recall covers Walmart’s “Ozark Trail 64 oz Stainless Steel Insulated Water Bottles,” which have been sold at the chain’s stores across the country since 2017. According to a notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Thursday, these products pose “serious impact and laceration hazards.”
That’s because when a consumer attempts to open the bottles “after food, carbonated beverages or perishable beverages, such as juice or milk, are stored inside over time,” the lid can eject forcefully, the CPSC notes.
As of Thursday’s announcement, Walmart had received three reports of consumers who were injured after being struck in the face by these lids when opening their bottles. And two of those people “suffered permanent vision loss after being struck in the eye,” the CPSC added.
Consumers are urged to stop using the now-recalled Ozark Trail bottles — and contact Walmart for a full refund. Shoppers can also bring the products to their local Walmart store for that compensation.
“The health and safety of our customers is always a top priority,” Walmart said in a statement sent to The Associated Press. The company added that it had “fully cooperated” with the CPSC and the manufacturer of the recalled product “to remove it from our stores and notify consumers”
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Recalled Ozark Trail 64 oz Stainless-Steel Insulated Water Bottle, model 83-662
“That’s because when a consumer attempts to open the bottles “after food, carbonated beverages or perishable beverages, such as juice or milk, are stored inside over time,” the lid can eject forcefully, the CPSC notes.”
Carbonated beverages, eh???
These bottles are NOT designed to be pressurized! It’s the buyer’s fault for mis-use!
We should go back to giving Daisy BB guns out as presents.
So a moron puts milk or juice in there, and it ferments and builds up pressure and hurts the idiot when they open it?
Unreal. Can’t wait to see what the new design is.
It needs a pressure-release channel opening before the top is fully unscrewed.
Water under the right conditions is 1,100% more volatile in expansion than ignited gasoline.
I don't know when I stopped using my brain?
It sounds like you described a pressurized sprayer, such as I use for insecticide.
The headline writer should be publicly flogged
Look at the shape of the container, it is like necked down rifle brass that you reload.
The projectile diameter is small but the large container will multiply the velocity when it is released.
Maybe Sean Hannity. an hawk these on his show as a less lethal alternative to concealed-carry that’s legal in all 50 states!
On a soda bottle the threads are someone how designed to be able to release the pressure. The threads on this device must be really tight.
So now there are 850,000 blind people? and, a little bit late to recall them after they caused blindness!
Yup I just looked at a Pepsi plastic cap. They have 4 vertical channels cut in the threads. Now we know what those are for.
Yes, but much smaller. Like four ounces. My hand held yard spray tanks all have pop-off safety features. In the kitchen I am reverting to the trigger spray bottles and for olive oil I use the liquor bottle bar pour inserts. A ten pack was like $4 on Jeffazon. I’m going gangbusters thru the gin and tonics this summer, so I have one in my gin bottle, too.
Good point. ‘Loose’ threads would do it.
AH, very good.
I think I will keep my hand guns. I don’t travel much any more.
I’m 77 years old, had thought much about concealed weapons until the Obozo and Biden administrations.
We have farms 4 miles from town, I never go to the farm without a hand gun now.
I shoot much better with rifles.
lol
Yikes
Glen was a real waste of an idiot. Most idiots find a happy and productive niche. Not Glen.
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