Joyin US Corp. sold Sloosh dive sticks — models 40041, 40003 and 16154 — at $10 to $22 on Amazon, Temu, Wayfair, Target and SHEIN, some models since January 2017.
The sticks exceed the federal ban's compress limit: in shallow water a child who falls or lands on one risks impalement, with facial and eye injuries possible underwater. The CPSC recalled 254,000 on June 11, 2026, and expanded to about 404,000 on July 30.
The remedy is replacement with redesigned sticks that meet the regulation — after the owner disposes of the old ones and emails a photo of them in the trash. The ban existed because this injury already had a history; the sticks shipped anyway for nine years.
Recalled 404,000 sticks and replaced them with redesigned ones that meet the compress limit, after owners emailed a photo of the old sticks in the trash.
The sticks exceed the federal dive-stick ban's compress limit — impalement, facial and eye injuries when a child falls on one in shallow water
254,000 recalled Jun 11, 2026, expanded to 404,000 on Jul 30 — models sold since Jan 2017 across Amazon, Temu, Wayfair, Target, SHEIN
The remedy mails redesigned compliant sticks after a photo of the old ones in the trash — the ban's limit became the design spec, eight years late
The dive-stick ban is written in impalements — a compress limit a toy can fail by being too stiff. Selling past it for nine years turned a pool toy into a banned object.
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