The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has published six separate notices since July 2025 covering mattresses that failed the federal flammability standard, and the outcome for buyers was different every time: a full refund in two cases, a free protective cover in three, and in the largest case - roughly 100,000 mattresses sold under the Crayan name - nothing at all beyond an instruction to throw it away.
We cover sleep products here, and a mattress is the one you cannot easily walk away from: it is in the room where you spend a third of your life, and it is the piece most people buy once and then forget about. So it is worth knowing what these notices actually say, and what the different remedies mean for you.
What the standard is, and why it keeps being missed
Mattresses sold in the United States have to meet a mandatory federal flammability standard. Every one of the six notices cites the same failure, though the wording shifts. The Qabefy recall says the mattresses "violate the mandatory flammability standard for mattresses, posing a risk of serious injury or death from fire." The Crayan warning is blunter: they "violate the requirements of the mandatory standard for flammability of mattresses, posing a deadly fire hazard" - and adds that they "also do not have required labeling."
What the notices have in common is the sales channel. Five of the six were sold through online marketplaces, and most through overseas third-party sellers - importers in China, Indonesia and Singapore, shipping compressed bed-in-a-box mattresses at $85 to $278.
The Crayan case is the one worth reading twice
Crayan mattresses were recalled on 18 June 2025. Roughly 100,000 had been sold on Amazon between July 2022 and June 2024 at $100 to $220. That should have been the end of it.
It was not. On 9 October 2025 CPSC issued a separate public warning, stating that the retailer "has been uncooperative in the implementation of the recall, failing to provide the agreed upon remedy to consumers." The agency's instruction to owners changed from *return it* to *stop using it and dispose of it*, and told people not to sell or give the mattresses away.
A recall is an agreement. When the seller sits on the other side of an ocean and simply stops answering, the agreement is worth what the seller decides it is worth.
That is the part most coverage skips. A recall announcement is not the same as a refund arriving, and the gap between the two is where a hundred thousand households were left.
It is not only unknown brands
On 31 July 2025, CPSC announced a recall of about 2,700 Amazon Basics Premium Foam Eurotop mattresses in twin, full, queen and king sizes, sold January 2023 through June 2024 at $82 to $278. That recall was conducted with Amazon as retailer and 3Z Brands as manufacturer, and it did carry a full refund - buyers mark the mattress, submit a photo, certify disposal, and are reimbursed.
And it is not only Amazon. The EVLWZL and Gunugu recall of 7 May 2026 (recall 26-478, about 670 units) covers mattresses sold on Amazon, Wayfair and Walmart across different months of the same season.
What the three remedies actually cost you
- Full refund (Qabefy, Amazon Basics) - you usually have to write "Recalled" on the mattress, photograph it, send proof, and dispose of it yourself. You get the money back but you still have to get rid of a mattress.
- Free fitted cover (Koorlian, Avenco/Novilla, EVLWZL/Gunugu) - the cover is supplied to bring the mattress into compliance. You keep the mattress; you do not get money back.
- Nothing (Crayan) - the notice tells you to stop using it and dispose of it. No refund is described in the warning.
How to check yours
The law tag sewn to the side or foot of the mattress carries the brand name, model number and manufacture date. Take those to the recall search at cpsc.gov and check both the Recalls section and the Warnings section - Crayan appears under Warnings, not Recalls, which is exactly where someone searching casually would miss it.
Then check the dates. Every notice names the months the product was on sale. The same brand bought outside that window is not covered by that notice.
What these notices do not tell you
Three things we could not establish and will not guess at. Whether any fires occurred - all six notices state that no incidents or injuries were reported at the time of publication, which is not the same as proof that none happened later. How many units were actually remedied - CPSC publishes how many were sold, not how many buyers claimed. And whether more notices are coming for products still on sale; the pattern across fourteen months suggests the answer is not no, but that is our reading, not a published fact.
Common questions
How do I know if my mattress is recalled?
Find the law tag on the side or foot of the mattress, note the brand and model, then search that name at cpsc.gov under both Recalls and Warnings. Compare the purchase date against the sale window named in the notice.
My mattress is recalled but the seller will not respond. What now?
That is what happened with Crayan. CPSC's guidance in that case was to stop using the mattress and dispose of it, and not to resell or give it away. You can also file a report at SaferProducts.gov, which is the agency's public incident database.
Does a free cover really fix a flammability failure?
CPSC's wording is that the cover brings the mattress "into compliance with mandatory flammability standards". That is the remedy the agency accepted in three of these cases. It is not the same as replacing the mattress.
Are cheap compressed mattresses inherently unsafe?
No, and we are not saying that. Plenty of compliant mattresses ship compressed in a box. What the six notices share is a sales channel where an overseas seller can list quickly and, as Crayan showed, stop answering just as quickly.
Sources
- CPSC warning, Crayan mattresses, 9 October 2025 (original recall 18 June 2025)
- CPSC recall 25-417, Amazon Basics Premium Foam Eurotop, 31 July 2025
- CPSC recall 26-062, Avenco and Novilla, 30 October 2025
- CPSC recall 26-478, EVLWZL and Gunugu, 7 May 2026
- CPSC recall 26-695, Qabefy, 13 August 2026
- CPSC recall 26-714, Koorlian, 20 August 2026
- All notices read at cpsc.gov on 16 September 2026
This page will be updated if further mattress flammability notices are published. Nothing here is legal advice - follow the instructions in the official notice for your product. Last verified 16 September 2026.
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