Higdon Outdoors Recalls Battery Packs on XS Series Motion Waterfowl Decoys and Replacement Battery Packs Due to Fire and/or Burn Hazards

Sep 07, 2023

The recalled waterfowl decoys’ lithium-ion battery packs or replacement battery packs can overheat while charging or soon after charging, posing a fire and/or burn hazard.

About 45,000 (In addition, about 500 were sold in Canada)

Higdon Outdoors at 800-962-0656 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT Monday through Friday or email at [email protected] or online at www.higdonoutdoors.com and click the link for Recall or www.higdonoutdoors.com/recall for more information.

This recall involves lithium-ion battery packs and replacement batteries on XS series Pulsator, Swimmer, Crazy Kicker, Flasher models of motion decoys used for waterfowl hunting. The Higdon brand is on the product and on the packaging. The following models are included in the recall and each of the recalled models contain a lithium-ion battery. All recalled batteries have a sticker on the battery and the top line on recalled batteries reads "Sun Li-ion Battery." All recalled items containing a battery labeled "Sun Li-Ion Battery" are subject to this recall.

50033 - XS Pulsator, Mallard Drake 12V50044 - XS Pulsator, Mallard Hen 12V50534 - XS Pulsator, Pintail 12V52053 - XS Battleship Swimmer, Mallard Drake 12V52064 - XS Battleship Swimmer, Mallard Hen 12V52533 - XS Battleship Swimmer, Pintail 12V52624 - XS Battleship Swimmer, Canvasback 12V52243 - XS Battleship Swimmer, Bluebill 12V53012 - XS Crazy Kicker, Mallard Drake 12V (with timer)53072 - XS Floating Flasher, Mallard Drake 12V53077 - XS Splashing-Flasher, Mallard Drake 12V (with timer)50734 - XS Pulsator, Canada Goose 12V52753 - XS Swimmer Canada Goose 12V50053 - XS pulsator mallard combo pack Drake/Drake 50054 - XS pulsator mallard combo pack Drake/Hen54034 - XS pulsator and Swimmer combo pack Drake/Drake99117 - XS Battery 12v 2.5Ah Li-ion, 2021 (for all XS motion)

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled XS motion decoy battery packs and XS replacement battery packs and contact Higdon Outdoors for free replacement battery packs and chargers.

The firm has received 20 reports of overheating, including nine fires, seven of which involved property damage. No injuries have been reported.

Higdon Outdoors LLC, of Paducah, Kentucky

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risk of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product-related incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products has contributed to a decline in the rate of injuries associated with consumer products over the past 50 years.

Federal law prohibits any person from selling products subject to a Commission ordered recall or a voluntary recall undertaken in consultation with the CPSC.