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Casely re-announces its power bank recall after a death and an in-flight fire
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What changed at a glance
| Item | Before | Now | Source date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casely Power Pods 5000mAh, model E33A | Recalled April 2025 (51 reports) | Recall re-announced; 28 more reports since, including one death | |
| Remedy | Replacement | Replacement (unchanged) |
What changed
On April 16, 2026, the CPSC and Casely re-announced the recall of about 429,200 Casely Power Pods, a 5000mAh MagSafe-style wireless phone charger, model E33A (recall 26-418). Casely first recalled the same product in April 2025. A re-announcement happens when a recalled product keeps causing harm because people are still using it.
According to the CPSC, there were 28 more reports of the battery overheating, expanding or catching fire after the 2025 announcement. Those include a death and a serious incident on an airplane in February 2026. The CPSC now describes the hazard this way:
“The recalled lithium-ion battery in the power banks can overheat and ignite, posing risk of serious injury or death from fire and burn hazards to consumers.”
The Power Pods were sold on getcasely.com, Amazon.com and other online retailers from March 2022 through September 2024, for about $30 to $70. The remedy is a replacement.
Who it affects
Anyone with a Casely Power Pod, model E33A. These are small magnetic phone chargers, so they often live in a pocket, a purse or a carry-on, which is exactly where an overheating battery is hardest to notice.
They can’t power a Starlink Mini. A 5000mAh wireless phone charger is nowhere near Starlink’s 100 W USB-C requirement. The reason this recall belongs here is travel: if you fly with a Mini kit and a power bank, the airline rules and the risk both apply to every lithium pack you carry.
What it means for your power setup
The February 2026 airplane incident is one of the events airlines and regulators have pointed to as they tightened cabin rules for power banks. Since March 27, 2026, the international rules limit passengers to two power banks and ban recharging them in flight; we covered that change. If one of your two allowed banks is a recalled Power Pod, swap it out before you fly.
For powering the dish itself, nothing changes. Our USB-C power bank guide covers which banks can run a Mini, and the batteries hub covers when a power station makes more sense. For packing, see Mini cases.
What to do
- Check any Casely magnetic charger for “E33A” on the back and “Casely” on the front right side.
- If it matches, stop using it, per the CPSC notice.
- Contact Casely for the replacement: 888-964-9331 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, weekdays), recall@getcasely.com, or getcasely.com/pages/2025-recall.
- If you registered in 2025 and haven’t received a replacement, contact Casely again.
What stays the same
- The product, model number and remedy: the same as the 2025 recall.
- Starlink’s power requirements for the Mini: unchanged.
- No product on our bench list is affected.
What we don’t know yet
- How many of the 429,200 units are still in use. The CPSC doesn’t publish a completion rate in the notice.
- The airline and route of the February 2026 incident. The notice doesn’t name them.
Source
- CPSC: Casely Reannounces Recall of Wireless Portable Power Banks Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Fire and Burn Hazards (recall 26-418) (Primary source; source dated ; retrieved )
- CPSC: Casely Recalls Wireless Portable Power Banks Due to Fire and Burn Hazards (original 2025 recall) (Primary source; source dated ; retrieved )
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