More than 1,500 mattresses have been recalled over fears that they could catch fire.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced the recall on Thursday for all sizes of the Nap Queen 12-inch Maxima Hybrid of Cooling Gel Memory Foam and Bonnell Spring Mattress after the mattress failed to meet mandatory federal flammability standards. The recall includes model numbers NQIH12KK, NQIH12QQ, NQIH12FF, NQIH12TT and NQIH12TX.
Affected mattresses are "single-sided and [have] white with gray-dotted fabric ticking, a dark gray 4-inch mesh stripe and wave quilted pattern on the sides, and a straight-line quilted pattern on the top of the mattress," according to the recall announcement. They were sold compressed in a box at Amazon.com, Walmart.com, and Overstock.com from February 2023 through May 2023 and cost between $170 and $350. The mattresses were manufactured in Kosovo, a country in southeastern Europe.
Although no injuries have been reported so far, CPSC urged customers to stop using the mattress immediately and contact Nap Queen for a free, fitted cover to bring the mattress into compliance with federal regulations.
Newsweek reached out to Nap Queen by email for comment.
Mattresses must meet flammability standards under the CPSC. All mattresses manufactured and sold in the United States must be resistant to open flames, such as cigarettes, candles and matches for at least 30 minutes, according to a report by online mattress guide Mattress Nut.
"Furthermore, mattresses need to be tested and evaluated thoroughly before entering the market," the report said.
All U.S. mattresses also must contain flame retardants to withstand exposure to open flames, considering mattresses are very flammable without the preventative measure. However, it is still possible for mattresses to catch fire even with the preventative methods, such as in 2019, when a woman left her cell phone charging on her bed and returned to find her house in flames.
The Nap Queen mattresses aren't the first bedding-related recall the CPSC has made over flammability concerns.
In 2022, the CPSC recalled approximately 800 Serta Perfect Sleeper mattresses after they found that some units didn't meet mandatory federal flammability standards. Consumers were urged to replace their affected mattresses.
Mattresses have been recalled for other reasons, too.
In September, the CPSC announced that FXI had recalled nearly 50,000 mattresses sold at Costco after the manufacturer discovered that the mattresses were possibly exposed to water during their construction, which allowed mold to develop—posing a health risk for immunocompromised people. CPSC urged consumers to contact FXI for a refund or a replacement.
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