Power bank recall 2026: which models are affected

Anker: 16 digits, and no O, no I

Anker's German recall page sets out a two-step check that needs no tools and no login. Turn the unit over: model and serial numbers are both on the underside.

1. Step 1, model number: if it matches A1257, A1647, A1681 or A1689, move on to step 2. Any other model number means your unit is not affected.
2. Step 2, serial number or proof of purchase, checked through the form: the 16-digit serial number is on the same underside. Anker's note guards against misreading, not a self-check rule: characters like "1", "L", "l", "2" and "Z" are easy to confuse, so affected serials never contain O or I. Not 16 digits means definitely not affected; whether it IS affected is settled by Anker's recall form, not by reading the serial yourself.

Anker itself names these four product lines as possibly affected:

The affected cells were manufactured between 30 January 2024 and 30 June 2024. Anker states that window verbatim on its A1647 model page. The stated cause is unauthorised material changes in certain cell batches from a supplier: the insulating membrane inside the cell may fail, bringing a risk of short circuit, overheating or fire.

Anker's global recall page lists five; the German rc2506 page lists only four: A1257, A1647, A1681 and A1689. The A1652, the MagGo with 10,000 mAh, is on the global list but not on rc2506. Anker's own A1647 model page states, though, that the additional June 2025 recall covered A1647 and A1652. So an A1652 owner should check through the recall form too, rather than assume it is clear. None of the sources explain why the two Anker pages disagree.

Belkin: 14 digits, and the first three matter

Checking the BoostCharge Power Bank 20K is faster: only units of model BPB002 whose 14-digit serial number begins with 35S are affected.

A second model, the PB0003, turns up in international coverage, and there every serial number is affected. heise online noted on 14 November 2025 that the PB0003 was never sold in Germany. Belkin's own German-language recall page names the BPB002 plus the MMA008 charging stand, not a power bank.

Xiaomi: the batch matters, not the model

For the PB2030MI (33 W, 20,000 mAh) the criterion is not the model number but the production window. produktwarnung.eu reported the notice on 2 September 2025: one batch is affected, manufactured between August and September 2024. Xiaomi names the 126280 v2.0 battery cell as the cause, which can overheat under certain conditions. Xiaomi provides its own serial number lookup tool, reachable through the linked notice.

TK Maxx: article and model numbers are what count

The three TK Maxx actions do not work off serial numbers, but off article and model numbers printed on the packaging and the unit. If you bought a power bank at TK Maxx between July 2025 and May 2026, work through the table below row by row. The May notice is easy to miss, because it names nine model series at once.

Anker: three events that keep getting confused

The most common error in coverage is a date error. CPSC recall 25011 was published on 17 October 2024, but its address sits in the /Recalls/2025/ directory, because CPSC files by processing year, not announcement year. Read the URL instead of the date and you misdate the recall by a year.

The second point that keeps getting lost: the PowerCore 10000 recall is not a German matter. The CPSC states in its own notice that only A1263 units sold in the US with qualifying serial numbers are included.

One disclosure on that third row's date: heise puts the announcement at 27 June 2025, produktwarnung.eu at 30 June 2025. Both are credible, and nothing decides between them, so this page says "late June 2025", not a single day.

No CPSC file exists for that third event, and no separate entry for these recalls turned up in the EU Safety Gate portal at the time of research either. The channel that actually governs it for German owners is Anker's own recall page.

The remaining recalls in the German market

All three TK Maxx texts give near-identical wording about cabling not being securely fastened. No source claims a shared root cause.

First: stop using it and stop charging it. All five notices above name overheating or fire as the risk, and the recall is the route the manufacturer has set up for this.

Second, the return route, by brand:

• Anker handles claims through its recall form. Anker does not take the unit back: you dispose of it yourself at a facility that accepts lithium batteries, never household waste, and confirm that in the form; only then does the replacement ship. For questions: +49 (0) 69 9579 7960, Monday to Friday 9:00 to 17:00, or support@anker.com, subject line "Anker Powerbank Rückruf".

• TK Maxx takes affected items back at any store and refunds the full price. Secondary coverage also circulates the number 0211-88 223 267 and kundenservice@tkmaxx.de; TK Maxx has not confirmed either, so treat them as a lead, not a commitment.

• Belkin processes claims through an online form only; no German phone line for the recall was found in this research.

• Xiaomi points to its own serial number lookup tool, reachable through the notice linked above.

Third: a recalled unit does not belong in household waste or in the nearest battery collection box. A recall is not a disposal route, and the return differs by brand: TK Maxx takes it back in store; Anker requires self-disposal at a lithium-battery collection point, confirmed through the form. Either way, it costs nothing. Ordinary battery return only applies once a power bank is simply old, not recalled. What that looks like is in our piece on battery returns under the BattDG, and what else can go wrong when disposing of a power bank is covered there too.

Two negative findings belong on this page, because both get asked a lot.

For Aldi, Lidl, Media Markt and Saturn, no power bank recall was found. The searches combined those four names with "power bank recall" for 2025 and 2026, then ran again with TK Maxx excluded to push its notices out. What remained was one general recall round-up page with no power bank content: a search result, not a guarantee.

Between January and 10 June 2026, no further German power bank recall turned up beyond the three TK Maxx actions. Every hit resolved to one of those three, or to older Anker, Xiaomi and Belkin coverage being re-indexed. As things stand, the 29 May 2026 TK Maxx recall is the most recent one on record.

A model like the UGREEN Zapix Powerbank 20.000 mAh, Qi2 15 W, USB-C 30 W from UGREEN does not turn up in any of the recall notices checked for this page – not as a brand and not as a product line.

This one shows up in power bank recall searches but does not belong here.

The EcoFlow Delta Max 2000 (model EFD310) is not a power bank. It is a power station, and its recall is a US-only matter. According to consistent reporting, including pv magazine, the CPSC reported the case on 9 October 2025: around 25,030 units, 6 fire reports, more than 850,000 US dollars in property damage. Those figures come from secondary sources, not a directly fetched agency document.

The remedy here is a free firmware update, not a return. Every power bank recall above ends with a unit physically going back.

A query against the CPSC's public recall database for the period from 1 January 2024 to 10 June 2026 returns 16 power bank recalls. The brands involved include Baseus, IKEA (VARMFRONT), Anker with two, Belkin with two, plus Charmast, Casely, iWALK, iStore, ESR with two and INIU.

That is a US figure, not a German one. Anker accounts for two entries out of sixteen. The real difference between manufacturers is how quickly and openly they recall. Anker's voluntary worldwide recall with free replacement is the opposite of burying the problem.

This page on the 2026 power bank recall is reviewed monthly, but it is not the official source. Three sources to check directly:

• produktwarnung.eu, power bank tag collects the German-language notices and was reachable throughout this research.

• rueckrufe.de, run by Germany's Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA), is the official German channel. An automated fetch failed here on a certificate error, which a normal browser may handle differently, so this article makes no claims about what its entries contain.

• The European Commission's EU Safety Gate is the EU-wide channel. Same caveat: the result list could not be evaluated automatically, and no separate entry for the recalls above turned up at the time of research.

A recalled unit does not belong in your cabin bag either, even if it looks fine. The limits that otherwise apply are in our overview of power banks on aircraft.

If you fly often enough that this matters, a current model like the Anker Prime Powerbank 24.000 mAh, 140 W, Display is worth a look when you do replace a unit – it carries a different model number from any of the recall lines listed above.

Add it up for Germany's power bank recalls: four Anker models, three TK Maxx actions from 2026, one Belkin serial range and one Xiaomi batch. Almost anything else you read about Anker is one of the two US recalls, and the larger covers a model never recalled here at all.

The check itself takes a minute. Turn the unit over, read the serial, compare it against your brand's rule. And if it turns out yours is on the list: the recall costs you nothing, and Anker replaces the unit.

Need a replacement anyway? Our 2026 best power bank comparison shows which models Stiftung Warentest, heise and ADAC currently recommend, including the safety-test results. A currently sold model like the Anker Nano Powerbank, 10.000mAh Externer Akku mit 70cm Anker InstaCord Einzugskabel, 45W Max Kompakter Akku, Smart-Display does not carry any of the four Anker model numbers recalled here.

Next review of this page: July 2026.