Junkins Recalls 1,738 DHASUWT Hair Dryer Brushes — The Second XR-8801 Recall in One Day

Junkins is recalling about 1,738 DHASUWT hair dryer brushes, model XR-8801, sold on Amazon for around $27 — and there are ten reports of them smoking or catching fire. Like the Wantefully brushes recalled the same day, CPSC says they lack the immersion protection device federal regulations require of hair dryers. Unplug it, check the model number, and claim the full refund. If you bought a hot-air brush on Amazon any time since October 2024, this is the one to check.

The recall was announced on September 10, 2026 (CPSC recall number 26-750). The recalling firm is Shenzhen Weihua Chenyu Technology Co., Ltd, doing business as Junkins, of China. The brushes were made in China and sold on Amazon.com from October 2024 through June 2026.

Two recalls, one missing part

We published a recall on this exact model number earlier today — Guang Zhou's Wantefully brushes, 2,295 units, also XR-8801, also Amazon. This is a separate recall of the same model by a different firm, announced the same day.

CPSC's core finding is the same in both, though the two notices word it differently. This one says the brushes "lack an integrated immersion protection device, which presents a substantial product hazard to consumers, posing the risk of death or serious injury from electrocution or shock if the hair dryers fall into water while plugged in to an electrical source." That is not a bad production run — on CPSC's account it is the safety component federal rules require in every hair dryer, absent from the design.

The Junkins notice goes further on the second hazard. Where Guang Zhou's said the brushes can overheat and burn, CPSC says these "also pose the risk of death or serious injury from smoking and fire hazards" — and there are 10 reported incidents of smoking or fire, with no injuries reported. The Wantefully recall had one overheating report. This one has a genuine incident file behind it.

The sales window is the other difference, and the one that should worry more people. Wantefully sold across February and March 2026. These sold from October 2024 through June 2026. Far more have been in bathrooms, for far longer.

How to check yours

The recall covers several listing names for one product: the DHASUWT Hair Dryer and Blow Dryer Brush in 1, the Negative Ion Hair Dryer Brush, the 1Step Ionic Hair Straightener Brush Hair Dryer Hot Air Brush, and the Hair Styling Tool Straightening Dryer. All are model XR-8801.

They are black hot-air paddle brushes with a pink design and brush bristles, with three heat settings. The top of the product packaging is printed with XRUI and the model XR-8801 — if you kept the box, that is the fastest check there is.

No box? Your Amazon order history from October 2024 onward settles it faster than matching a photo.

XR-8801 turning up under yet more brand names is a pattern, not a coincidence. On August 13, 2026, CPSC warned about brushes in XRUI packaging with the same XR-8801 model name, sold for $15 to $30 on Walmart.com, eBay.com and TikTok by three sellers — Zuoxukeji, Jowenia and TruPart — which CPSC says "have been unresponsive to CPSC's requests for a recall of these hair dryers." A warning carries no refund. CPSC's advice there is blunter: unplug it, cut the cord, throw it away.

What to do

1. Unplug it and stop using it now. There is no repair. Nothing a careful user does compensates for a missing immersion cutout, and ten smoking-or-fire reports say the risk is not only the sink.
2. Claim the full refund. Junkins will ask you to cut the power cord and send a photo of the destroyed product. Cutting the cord is irreversible — confirm the model number first.
3. Get the contact details from the notice itself, at cpsc.gov under recall number 26-750. CPSC published only an email address for this firm and no phone line, and we do not print email addresses. For help or to report an incident, CPSC's hotline is 800-638-2772 (TTY 800-638-8270), and reports go to SaferProducts.gov.

Why we are running this

We do not rate Junkins, DHASUWT or XRUI, and no score on this site moves. A $27 styling brush is also outside anything a home warranty covers — none of the plans on our home warranty comparison will touch it, and there is no claim to open.

It is here because the price is the risk. Our repair-or-replace guide is built around readers who hesitate to spend money on an appliance that may not be worth saving. That instinct fails at this price point: nobody deliberates over a $27 brush, they keep using it, because dealing with it feels like more trouble than the money involved. Ten minutes and a pair of scissors returns the whole $27 and takes a device with no electrical protection out of the room with the water in it.

We earn commission from parts retailers on this site. There is no part, no upgrade and no replacement we would point you at here. Cut the cord and take the refund.