This ‘cooling’ product for children can actually send them to the hospital with severe burns

Gel pads meant to cool car seats have been recalled because they can get too hot.

Amtrading has recalled 20,000 Hoovy cooling gel insert pads for car seats and strollers that “can become hot if left in the sun or a hot car, posting a burn hazard to young children,” according to an announcement with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The pads were sold at Target and Walmart in stores and online from March 2025 through July 2025 for between $20 and $25.

The inner cooling layer of the pads is activated by a child’s weight. The Hoovy logo appears in white on the bottom right corner of the product. The recalled cooling pads are approximately 16.5 inches long by 14.25 inches wide.

Amtrading has received one report of a child receiving second degree burns to his back that require