CrateOS Recalls

👋 Hello ProductHunt Community, my name is Cesar. I'm a solo founder/indie hacker and father of 3 amazing kids that are my entire world. Let me tell you a short story about how I started down this journey.

🚎 The Bus Ride
One morning as I rode a bus downtown for work, I stumbled across a weeks-old news article about air conditioners that had been recalled for risk of catching fire. The very same brand and model that I owned and used daily in my children's room during summer. I’ll never forget the feeling of guilt and panic that came over me as I frantically tried to figure out if my unit was at risk. In the end my unit wasn't part of the recall but I'll never forget that feeling. I also wondered had I not been on a bus and drove instead would I ever have found the article?

💔 The Unfortunate Reality
Unfortunately, for many families, their story doesn't always work out like mine did and their stories are truly heartbreaking. I apologize in advance, but it is difficult to grasp the severity of product recalls without seeing stories like the following. You may want to skip this next part...

• 💔 Parents who won't get to see their babies grow up for unknowingly using a sleeper that had already been recalled. [1, 2, 3]

• 💔 Strollers injuring or even amputating children's fingertips.[1, 2]

• 💔 Dehumidifiers catching fire and causing millions of dollars in property damage. [1, 2, 3]

I searched for existing solutions but was left disappointed and the more people I talked to about recalls, one thing became very clear; People are just too busy to dedicate themselves to the time-consuming research required to find, verify and then try and hunt down a refund or replacement. It also doesn't help that the process can be complicated, confusing, and existing tools are inadequate.

So I decided to do something about it...

✨ The Product
I humbly present CrateOS Recalls.

• ✅ Tailored Alerts – Follow the companies that you actually buy things from and get alerted if they have a product recall.
  

• ✅ Recall Alert Keywords – Set keywords on a per-company basis to narrow-down recall alerts further.
  

• ✅ Recalls Discovery – Use advanced search and filters to quickly find existing recalls, by retailer, hazard, remedy, or even those where the CPSC has received reports of death.
  

• ✅ Recall Guidance – Recalls are often limited to a subset of serial numbers, manufacture dates, color codes, etc. We help remove the confusion and friction.
  

• ✅ At-a-Glance Summaries & Easy-to-Read Iconography – Recall data presented in a way that is easy to understand.

  
  

• ✅ Feels Familiar – You follow brands on brands on instagram, YouTube, etc. so why not for product recalls?
  

• ✅ PWA – Installable on mobile & desktop no AppStore required. Improved offline support & push notifications coming very soon!

🚀 The Launch

Paid account features:

• Access over 3,000 product recalls from over the past decade.

• Track an unlimited recalls at-once.

• Follow up to 50 companies to receive alerts for any future recalls.

Free account features:

• Browse the past 30 days of recalls.

• Track a single recall at-a-time.

• Follow one company to receive alerts for any future recalls.

🫶 Thank you for your time and I hope you decide to give it a try. I already have a list of improvements that I'd like to implement and am interested in collecting user feedback.