Walmart recalls 850,000 water bottles after two consumers suffer vision loss from ejecting lids

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The recall covers Walmart’s “Ozark Trail 64 oz Stainless Steel Insulated Water Bottles,” which have been sold at the chain’s stores across the country since 2017. According to a notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Thursday, these products pose “serious impact and laceration hazards.”

That’s because when a consumer attempts to open the bottles “after food, carbonated beverages or perishable beverages, such as juice or milk, are stored inside over time,” the lid can eject forcefully, the CPSC notes.
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I have a Kleen Kanteen 64 oz bottle - looks just like the one pictured.

DamnifIknow how you can lose an eye - but, I use mine to carry water only.

Using these for food or water is so far outside of my experience, thought I'd post this and see of any has managed to hit themselves in the face with the screw in stopper.


You tell me.

I have Kleen Kanteen single wall stainless bottles. Haven’t hurt myself with one yet. I only put water in them, though.

 

Walmart recalls 850,000 water bottles after two consumers suffer vision loss from ejecting lids

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The recall covers Walmart’s “Ozark Trail 64 oz Stainless Steel Insulated Water Bottles,” which have been sold at the chain’s stores across the country since 2017. According to a notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Thursday, these products pose “serious impact and laceration hazards.”

That’s because when a consumer attempts to open the bottles “after food, carbonated beverages or perishable beverages, such as juice or milk, are stored inside over time,” the lid can eject forcefully, the CPSC notes.
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I have a Kleen Kanteen 64 oz bottle - looks just like the one pictured.

DamnifIknow how you can lose an eye - but, I use mine to carry water only.

Using these for food or water is so far outside of my experience, thought I'd post this and see of any has managed to hit themselves in the face with the screw in stopper.


You tell me.

I've had the top "pop" a few times (Klean Kanteen 27 Oz) due to carbonated drinks. Just a plop though, never had a cap shoot out. Sounds like a skill issue if you manage to take out an eye with that. Good skill if it's the other guy's eye .

 

In fact, I just now ordered a couple more 40 ounce single wall bottles. Single wall is good in case you have to boil some water. 2 for $50 and “free” shipping. I just hope they fit in my Maxpedition water bottle pouches.

 

Walmart recalls 850,000 water bottles after two consumers suffer vision loss from ejecting lids

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The recall covers Walmart’s “Ozark Trail 64 oz Stainless Steel Insulated Water Bottles,” which have been sold at the chain’s stores across the country since 2017. According to a notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Thursday, these products pose “serious impact and laceration hazards.”

That’s because when a consumer attempts to open the bottles “after food, carbonated beverages or perishable beverages, such as juice or milk, are stored inside over time,” the lid can eject forcefully, the CPSC notes.
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I have a Kleen Kanteen 64 oz bottle - looks just like the one pictured.

DamnifIknow how you can lose an eye - but, I use mine to carry water only.

Using these for food or water is so far outside of my experience, thought I'd post this and see of any has managed to hit themselves in the face with the screw in stopper.


You tell me.

Not surprising if pressure has built up. I don't have that brand, I don't think, but I only put water in mine - or add electrolytes and a little juice (to cover the flavor of the electrolytes) but that gets used quite quickly.

Maybe just teach people not to aim the lid at anyone's face while opening? Or tell them not to put things in that can ferment or that are under pressure?

Makes me kind of think about recalling pocketknives if someone happens to be careless and cuts him/herself. (Maybe that has actually happened? )

 

Lots of product recalls are for user issues. Once they started to put warnings on microwaves not to dry a pet or child in it, it was time to let natural selection run it's course.

 

"You'll knock out an eye with that thing.. " was not on my 2025 bingo card. Apparently we are only disappointed when we expect something. 😐

 

Dad gave me a fan for my shop that was from the 50s.
It had ONE metal wire around where the blades spin and two over the front.
Today, fans have SO MUCH protective plastic on them that air can't circulate.

In the 50s,
people knew that if you put your face in the fan, it will hurt.
Today... people are just stupid.
"It's not MY fault! Make the manufacturer protect against my stupidity"

 

"It's not MY fault! Make the manufacturer protect against my stupidity"

Or the government.

 

The only label on items like this should read: "we are not liable for your stupidity involving our product". I do understand "consumer safety", but you can't keep stupid consumers safe from themselves.

ROCK6

 

Right on!

 

Well I'll be darned. I've never once thought about using my water bottles for anything but water.

 

 

When my youngest son was about 8, he put chocolate milk in his water bladder. It apparently slid down in between the wall and his bed. When it blew, wow! I wanted to demo his room. 🤣

 

Walmart recalls 850,000 water bottles after two consumers suffer vision loss from ejecting lids

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The recall covers Walmart’s “Ozark Trail 64 oz Stainless Steel Insulated Water Bottles,” which have been sold at the chain’s stores across the country since 2017. According to a notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Thursday, these products pose “serious impact and laceration hazards.”

That’s because when a consumer attempts to open the bottles “after food, carbonated beverages or perishable beverages, such as juice or milk, are stored inside over time,” the lid can eject forcefully, the CPSC notes.
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I have a Kleen Kanteen 64 oz bottle - looks just like the one pictured.

DamnifIknow how you can lose an eye - but, I use mine to carry water only.

Using these for food or water is so far outside of my experience, thought I'd post this and see of any has managed to hit themselves in the face with the screw in stopper.


You tell me.

I have a 1 gallon example of this bottle. I carry nothing but water in it, so I'm not really worried.

 

I'm guessing Champagne and the like won't be with us much longer either. Everything must be dumbed down for the safety of the stupidest among us.

 

Sometimes I miss and hit my thumb with a hammer. I should sue Estwing. And Home Depot. And whoever makes nails. And 2X4s.

 

Absolutely. I'll bet there was no warning label on those nails and hammer either.

 

I got a blister from a hammer once, sounds like it is a hazardous enough product for a class action lawsuit...

 

Or let Darwin law sort it out....

 

I think we should ban the sun. That dang thing burns me at least once a year, sometimes several times a year.

 

Doesnt it screw on?🙄If you unscrew it,wont it vent before it blows away from your fingers?..and who looks down when you are unscrewing a top?..I might glance at it🙄🙈

 

I made the mistake of taking a similar bottle half-full from sea level up to 10,000 feet in the Sierra Nevadas. Didn't lose an eye but I did feel pretty stupid afterwards.

 

Considering that shampoo bottles have directions on them, this doesn't really surprise me.

Storing milk in these for "extended" amounts of time seems like natural selection attempting to run its course. I say let it happen, and our species will be better off.

 

This time of year, I keep a quart Kleen Canteen in the fridge so I can have a swig of cold water. I even bought a replacement stainless steel cap for it, just because.

It's a water bottle so, that's what's in it.

I have a couple of insulated stainless-steel half gallon growlers. They're from the local tap house and were sold with my favorite adult beverage included. They're beer growlers so, that's what they're used for.

Never had a cap unexpectedly or violently come off either. Then again, I use them for their intended purposes. The only problem I can see is a lack of personal responsibility. It's not the water bottles fault it's the person at fault. Do stupid things win stupid prizes.

 

Walmart recalls 850,000 water bottles after two consumers suffer vision loss from ejecting lids

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The recall covers Walmart’s “Ozark Trail 64 oz Stainless Steel Insulated Water Bottles,” which have been sold at the chain’s stores across the country since 2017. According to a notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Thursday, these products pose “serious impact and laceration hazards.”

That’s because when a consumer attempts to open the bottles “after food, carbonated beverages or perishable beverages, such as juice or milk, are stored inside over time,” the lid can eject forcefully, the CPSC notes.
____
I have a Kleen Kanteen 64 oz bottle - looks just like the one pictured.

DamnifIknow how you can lose an eye - but, I use mine to carry water only.

Using these for food or water is so far outside of my experience, thought I'd post this and see of any has managed to hit themselves in the face with the screw in stopper.


You tell me.

I took a good look at my Kleen Kanteen screw in top.
It is made as an interrupted screw type. This would vent in a pressure buildup caused by dumbassery.

Couldn't find an image of the water bottle screw in top, but found this as an example of the idea

 

May be depending on the model/releaseyear. The black plastic caps i have both have just the uninterrupted thick thread.
Can't find it on their own site though: Caps and Lids (but also can't find the original cap i have on there, just the fully plastic one piece cap, like the sports cap without the drinking spout, so guessing release year.
Or maybe an aftermarket cap.

 

The threads on the pictured bottle are finer (smaller?) compared to a Kleen Canteen bottle. That may (or may not) have an effect on the bottle's ability to retain the cap under pressure.

Since the recall doesn't specify the conditions under which the caps unexpectedly removed themselves from the bottle, we're left to guess.

Carbonated beverages soured or fermenting food/milk can certainly create pressure, but enough pressure to eject a cap with enough force to cause bodily injury?

I can see the manufacture providing use cautions or warnings, but a recall. A recall screams design flaw. Sounds to me like this recall notice might be a CYA move on the part of Walmart.

Next cap that comes flying off and injuring someone the reply will be, sorry about that, we issued a recall, you should have stopped using it and sent it back.

 

 

Beat me to it. Jerk.

 

For obvious reasons, champagne type wines should be banned, and the beers are not far behind. 👆

 

I used to be into fermenting adult beverages. A hobby that led to hangovers on several occasions...LOL

When it comes to champaigns they use a heavier bottle to contain the pressure and caution against using recycled wine bottles. Bottling wine before you are certain the fermenting process is over can lead to corks spontaneously launching from bottles or bottles shattering, neither of which is a desired outcome.

Likewise with bottling beer too soon. With beer you want the suspended Co2 but active Co2 production would lead to essentially the same results.

We are surrounded by containers of all types and probably never give it a second thought. Maybe we should...