Counterfeit products are designed to trick consumers into thinking that they originate from a particular brand, when they do not.
Counterfeit electrical products can pose a significant risk of fire and electric shock, which can be potentially fatal to the user and cause catastrophic damage to property. Electrical Safety First has been studying the safety hazards caused by counterfeit electrical products for several years. Our latest report focuses on counterfeit and lookalike Apple chargers, and follows another report from 2017, which found a 98% safety failure rate for the chargers tested, and a similar investigation carried out by Underwriters Laboratories in the USA in 2016, which found 99% of counterfeit Apple chargers tested also had safety failures.
Since these studies were published, the standard Apple charger for use with iPhones has evolved from 5W power output to 20W, but, unfortunately, the fake versions of these newer chargers are still unsafe. Fake chargers continue to put users at risk of electric shock and put their property and possessions at risk of fire.
Read our in-depth report by download it below.
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