Anker Recalls More Power Banks: Here's How to Get a Free Replacement or Gift Card

Editors' note, Sept. 18: The Consumer Product Safety Commission today issued a notice about the Anker recall, but there have been no new products added to those cited earlier. Anker said this in a statement to CNET: "This is not a new or expanded recall — it follows the actions we have already announced. The CPSC notice is part of the standard US regulatory process, and it's common for the government's formal announcement to come several weeks after a company has begun a recall."

Our story from earlier in the summer is below.

Electronics company Anker expanded an official global recall of some of its Power Bank products, adding five more models to a recall of the Anker PowerCore 10000 power banks with the model number A1263 announced earlier in June. The recall ...