TheHomePicker publishes original data on home appliances — recalls, injuries, running costs, and ownership costs — built from public government databases (CPSC, NEISS) and our own testing and price tracking. This page collects it all in one place.
For journalists & researchers: Everything here is free to cite with a link back to the source page. Each index lists its methodology and sources, and we’re happy to pull a custom cut of the data or provide a quote — reach us through our contact page. Suggested attribution: “TheHomePicker.com” with a link to the specific index.
Safety & recall data
- Home-Appliance Recall Index
More than 29 million U.S. appliance units recalled across 76 recalls (2015–2026), broken down by category, hazard, and country of manufacture — from the CPSC database. Fire or burn hazards drove 83% of them. - Home-Appliance Injury Index
CPSC NEISS emergency-room injury estimates by appliance. Vacuum cleaners send an estimated 16,600 Americans to the ER a year — the most of any appliance we track — yet space heaters injure the most severely. - Mini-Fridge Recall Analysis (2023–2026)
Five U.S. recalls covering about 1,488,100 compact refrigerators since 2023 — every one for a fire or burn hazard. Model numbers, serial and batch ranges, incident counts and each brand’s remedy, from AstroAI, Frigidaire-brand, Cooluli and Personal Chiller. - Space Heater Safety: Recall + ER Injury Data
Space heaters cause the fewest ER visits of any appliance we track (~1,600 a year) but the highest share ending in hospital admission (11.8%, about four times the kitchen-appliance rate), plus the recall record and the models to check.
Running-cost & ownership-cost data
- How Much Home Appliances Cost to Run
The estimated monthly cost to run every common home appliance, with fully transparent math — a space heater runs about $61 a month, a robot vacuum about $0.41. - The True Yearly Cost to Run an Air Purifier
What an air purifier really costs each year once you add replacement filters to the electricity — the number most buyers underestimate. - Robot Vacuum Ownership Cost Index
The real three-year cost of owning budget versus premium robot vacuums, including dock bags and consumables most shoppers overlook.
Robot vacuum research
- Robot Vacuum Statistics 2026
U.S. robot-vacuum ownership, adoption, and market data for 2026, gathered in one reference. - The 2026 Robot Vacuum Database
Prices, suction, and key specs for current robot vacuums in one searchable database.
Interactive tools
- Ice Maker Type Picker
An interactive tool that matches you to the right ice-maker type — nugget, bullet, or clear — based on how you use ice.
We refresh the recall index quarterly and the injury index annually as new government data is released. Methodology and primary sources are listed on each page.
For reporters and editors
Every dataset on this page is free to cite with attribution and a link. Each one lists its primary sources and a suggested citation string, and most ship a downloadable CSV so you can check the numbers yourself rather than take ours.
We can prepare a custom cut — by category, brand, hazard type, year, or unit count — usually within a day. Reach us through our contact page. The Home Picker is also listed as a publication source on Connectively (formerly HARO), where reporters can request comment directly.