Vktech Inflatable Swimming Ring swim seat: risk of drowning for children
The inflatable swim seat with a leg opening may look like a toy, but children who play with it unsupervised could drown, and it does not meet the General Product Safety Regulation or European standard EN 13138.
What to do
Measure taken: Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace (economic operator: Other), in force from 06/05/2025.
Note from Recalled Today: If you own this product, stop using it and contact the seller.
Image: Safety Gate (European Commission)
Image: Safety Gate (European Commission)
Notice details
- Product
- Inflatable swim seat
- Company
- Vktech
- Hazard
- The product may resemble a toy; however, there is a risk of drowning if children play with it unsupervised. Floating seats with leg openings must be used under constant adult supervision and must not have any play elements or overwater structures. The product does not comply with the General Product Safety Regulation nor with the European standard EN 13138.
- Class or risk level
- Serious risk
- Notifying country
- Austria
- Countries that reacted
- None listed
- Identifiers
- Alert number: SR/02036/25
- Measure in force since
- 06/05/2025
- Published on Safety Gate
- November 6, 2025
- Listed on Recalled Today
- November 6, 2025
The headline, summary and steps above are written in plain English from the official notice below. Identifiers are copied exactly as the agency published them. Always check the official notice before you act.
Official notice
The notice's own wording from Safety Gate.
Vktech Inflatable swim seat (Inflatable Swimming Ring)
- Product
- Product: Inflatable swim seat Name: Inflatable Swimming Ring Brand: Vktech Description: Inflatable swim seat with leg opening. Product sold online, in particular via AliExpress and Amazon.
- Risk
- Risk type: Drowning The product may resemble a toy; however, there is a risk of drowning if children play with it unsupervised. Floating seats with leg openings must be used under constant adult supervision and must not have any play elements or overwater structures. The product does not comply with the General Product Safety Regulation nor with the European standard EN 13138.
- Measures taken
- Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace (economic operator: Other), in force from 06/05/2025 Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace (economic operator: Other), in force from Unknown
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Source: European Commission, Safety Gate (CC BY 4.0); summary edited by Recalled Today CC BY 4.0 · Safety Gate
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