The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently announced the recall of about 10,300 Onasti Toddler Tower Stools. The stools can collapse or tip over while in use, posing serious fall and injury hazards to children.
At the time of the recall, the manufacturer—Blissful-Time of China—had received four reports of the stools collapsing or tipping over, including two injuries, with one causing bruising and the other a brain injury to a toddler.
Toddler Stools Can Collapse, Causing Serious Injuries
This recall involves Onasti-branded toddler stools sold exclusively on Amazon.com from March 2024 through December 2024 for between $72 and $90. The plastic, foldable, and triangular-shaped stools were sold in beige/white, blue/gray, green, gray/white, light blue, and pink.
They measure about 25 inches long, 24 inches wide, and 32 inches tall and have handles and an adjustable platform that can be raised or lowered from two to three steps. The Onasti logo appears on the warning label on the side of the stools.
Blissful-Time urges consumers to stop using the recalled stools and store them away from children until they can be repaired. Customers must contact Blissful-Time to receive a free repair kit, including shipping. The repair kit consists of two pieces: one base and one guardrail. Blissful-Time is also contacting all known purchasers directly.
To contact the company, call 833-999-9327, email support@onasti.net, or check the company’s recall page online. If you go to the online recall site, you can see a picture of the repair kit and find a form you can fill out to request your replacement. You will need to include your order number in the form. The site also includes instructions on how to install the repair kit when you receive it.
Previous Recall Affected Over 100,000 Toddler Towers
These aren’t the first toddler towers to be recalled because of injury hazards. On August 17, 2023, the CPSC announced the recall of about 108,450 Simplay3 Toddler Towers.
These towers were manufactured by The Simplay3 Company of Streetsboro, Ohio, and sold for about $90 online at TheSimplay3company.com, Amazon.com, Target.com, Walmart.com, and other sites and at the Buttercup Baby Store, Fun Stuff, Midstates, and other toy stores nationwide from November 2018 through June 2023.
Like the Onasti towers, these towers could also tip over while in use, posing fall and injury hazards to young children. At the time of the recall, The Simplay3 Company had received 16 reports of the toddler towers tipping over while in use, including 10 reports of injuries, 6 of which were head contusions.
As with the Onasti towers, the manufacturer offered a repair as a remedy. Consumers were told to stop using the towers immediately and contact the company to receive a free set of stabilizing bases to be attached to the tower.
If you have one of these towers and haven’t yet repaired it, call TheSimplay3 Company at 866-855-0100 from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, or check the company’s online recall site. There, you can fill out a form to receive your stabilizing bases.
Which Toddler Towers Are Best?
In October 2024, Parents magazine reviewed the best toddler towers. “Widely used in Montessori education,” the article read, “these structures promote independent learning and encourage the development of practical life skills.”
The editors at Parents assessed each model based on safety, adjustability, durability, ease of use, functionality, and value.
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