{"id":131076,"date":"2016-01-10T16:00:31","date_gmt":"2016-01-10T06:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=131076"},"modified":"2020-10-30T11:29:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T01:29:48","slug":"hoverboards-causing-more-headaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/01\/10\/hoverboards-causing-more-headaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoverboards Causing More Headaches"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Moonwalker hoverboard model recalled by Big W before Christmas … the cord set and battery did not comply with Australian standards (Photo: ACCC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

January 10, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hoverboards may have been Santa’s gift of choice this year but the “Back To The Future”-inspired craft are prompting warnings from safety officials.<\/p>\n

And the headaches they’re causing are not just because children are falling off the devices.<\/p>\n

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission announced last week it is conducting a formal investigation into the safety of the “self-balancing motorised scooters” following a fire which almost destroyed a house in Victoria.<\/p>\n

The blaze is believed to have started in a bedroom while a hoverboard was being recharged.<\/p>\n

Qantas and several other airlines, including Emirates, have banned all self-balancing boards in carry-on or checked baggage for domestic and international flights following reports the batteries can explode unexpectedly.<\/p>\n

The ACCC has so far recalled seven hoverboard models<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A week before Christmas, Big W issued a recall notice<\/a><\/strong> on its Moonwalker 2 Hoverboard model, made in China, as the cord set and the battery charger did not comply with Australian standards.<\/p>\n

Other models recalled by the ACCC are the:<\/strong><\/p>\n