<story><title>1.56M dehumidifiers recalled due to fire and burn hazards</title><url>https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/16/23835116/have-you-seen-these-dehumidifiers-stop-using-them-or-you-might-die</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>h2odragon</author><text>&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cpsc.gov&amp;#x2F;Recalls&amp;#x2F;2023&amp;#x2F;Gree-Recalls-1-56-Million-Dehumidifiers-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards-Reports-of-At-Least-23-Fires&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cpsc.gov&amp;#x2F;Recalls&amp;#x2F;2023&amp;#x2F;Gree-Recalls-1-56-Million-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Gree has received reports of at least 23 fires, 688 incidents of overheating, and $168,000 in property damage with the recalled dehumidifiers. Sold At:
Home Depot, Lowe&amp;#x27;s, Menards, Sam&amp;#x27;s Club, Sears, Walmart and other stores nationwide, starting in 2011 through 2014 for between $110 and $400.&lt;p&gt;It kinda looks to me like every dehumidifier sold in the USA+ for the last decade, then?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>manicennui</author><text>The dehumidifier I bought last year is not on either list, but it is a bit more expensive than most models.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.midea.com&amp;#x2F;us&amp;#x2F;air-conditioners&amp;#x2F;dehumidifiers&amp;#x2F;easydry-35-pint-dehumidifier-mad35c1aws&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.midea.com&amp;#x2F;us&amp;#x2F;air-conditioners&amp;#x2F;dehumidifiers&amp;#x2F;easy...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>1.56M dehumidifiers recalled due to fire and burn hazards</title><url>https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/16/23835116/have-you-seen-these-dehumidifiers-stop-using-them-or-you-might-die</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>h2odragon</author><text>&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cpsc.gov&amp;#x2F;Recalls&amp;#x2F;2023&amp;#x2F;Gree-Recalls-1-56-Million-Dehumidifiers-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards-Reports-of-At-Least-23-Fires&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cpsc.gov&amp;#x2F;Recalls&amp;#x2F;2023&amp;#x2F;Gree-Recalls-1-56-Million-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Gree has received reports of at least 23 fires, 688 incidents of overheating, and $168,000 in property damage with the recalled dehumidifiers. Sold At:
Home Depot, Lowe&amp;#x27;s, Menards, Sam&amp;#x27;s Club, Sears, Walmart and other stores nationwide, starting in 2011 through 2014 for between $110 and $400.&lt;p&gt;It kinda looks to me like every dehumidifier sold in the USA+ for the last decade, then?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>AdmiralAsshat</author><text>That&amp;#x27;s pretty scary, since the common wisdom these days is that appliances bought from brick-and-mortar stores should be safer&amp;#x2F;more reliable than the random thing bought off Amazon.</text></comment>