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Fizz Kidz glow crowns: a button battery a child can reach
LED glow-crown headbands fail the button-battery security standard — choking and ingestion hazard. Sold Mar–Jul 2026; free compliant replacement pack.
Fizz Kidz · 2026-08-01
What happened
Fizz Kidz recalled its Glow Crown Headbands with LED battery pack in the week of August 1, 2026 — the button/coin battery compartment is not secure, and a child who reaches and swallows the battery faces choking, serious injury or death. The headbands sold from March 30 to July 27, 2026.
Owners stop use, remove the battery pack and keep it out of reach, and contact Fizz Kidz for a free compliant replacement.
A party crown whose light runs on exactly the cell a toddler's throat rejects.
Why it happened
- Non-compliant button-battery security on LED headbands — sold 30 Mar–27 Jul 2026; recalled week of 1 Aug 2026; free compliant replacement
- The battery is the light's price — the compartment door is the only lock between it and a child
- The remedy mails a compliant pack — the crown keeps glowing, the lock gets rebuilt
The lesson
A button-battery standard is one screw deep. The glow crown shipped with a door a child can open, and the replacement pack is the admission that the lock was never the expensive part.
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