CrateOS Recalls
Tailored product recall alerts for parents & busy people
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Tailored product recall alerts for parents & busy people
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Every week the CPSC issues new recalls for hazardous and sometimes deadly consumer products that often go unnoticed. Leaving harmful products in homes and refunds or free-replacements left unclaimed. CrateOS helps you discover your product 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.