The device has meanwhile been taken down from Fitbit’s website and is no longer sold via authorised retailers. On the Commission’s instruction, owners should stop using the recalled Ionics immediately and reach out to Fitbit to organise a return and refund. Internationally there are 118 burn injury reports so far, according to the CPSC. Two of the victims reported third-degree burns, and four reported second-degree burns. It has been reported that the lithium-ion batteries used in the Ionic trackers are overheating, with at least 115 reported incidents of overheating and 78 burn reports in the US. The fitness tracker giants, acquired by Google last year, have voluntarily recalled 1.7m of the devices in circulation after the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a ‘burn hazard’. If you're planning to buy a smartwatch from Fitbit check these out as they're all cheaper, offer a slimmer design and many of the same features as the Ionic.Product recall: Fitbit’s Ionic fitness watches have been recalled amid reports of batteries overheating and causing burns to users.
Since the launch of Ionic, we've also seen Fitbit introduce three new smaller and more affordable smartwatches called the Fitbit Versa, Fitbit Versa Lite and Fitbit Versa 2. However, there's now the additional competition of the Apple Watch 5, which adds LTE and its best fitness tracking yet, not to mention the incursion of Garmin into the fitness smartwatch space with products like Forerunner 645.
Offering similar features to expensive alternatives such as the Apple Watch range and Wear OS watches, the Fitbit Ionic is a serious contender to be the smartwatch you choose to wear when you’re out running or hitting the gym. The Ionic combines its fitness know-how with the smarts of a variety of companies it’s bought – such as Pebble, which Fitbit acquired in 2016 – and brought it all together to add an impressive new wearable to its range.
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