A shared evidence base
The UK Product Safety Database began recording regulator notifications, enabling patterns to be examined across products and categories.
Consumer safety, before checkout
Some products deserve a closer look.
Thwartly shows where risk commonly hides in a product category, which accident patterns recur, and what to check before you buy.
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We do not label a product unsafe. We help you recognise when its category deserves extra checks.
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What are you buying?
Category guidance only — not a verdict on an individual product.
FOLO-UP browser companion
Take your safecheck shopping.
FOLO-UP Whistle stays close while you buy online. If a listing raises a concern, use it to preserve the listing address and submit a signal for evidence capture and controlled human review.
Get FOLO-UP WhistleA Whistle flag is a listing signal—not confirmation that a product is unsafe.
01See a concern
Stay on the online listing while the details are visible.
02Flag the listing
Capture the address, seller and warning signs you observed.
03Human review
The signal can be compared with evidence and earlier reports.
Why check by category?
Official UK notifications show recurring product areas and harm patterns. Notifications reflect regulator activity, not the total number of unsafe goods.
30%Fireof assigned unsafe harm notifications
16%Electric shockof assigned unsafe harm notifications
14%Injuriesof assigned unsafe harm notifications
OPSS 2025–26 source
Category risk patterns
Know where to look twice.
Check priority combines recurring official notifications, plausible severity, who may be exposed and how difficult a warning sign is to judge online. It is an editorial prompt—not an official danger ranking.
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History leaves clues
The product changes.
The accident pattern repeats.
Thwartly turns verified incidents and official alerts into reusable buying questions—not scare stories.
Small magnets, serious consequences
An official alert focused attention on magnetic reusable water balloons and ingestion risks to children.
Fast-moving battery fire risk
London Fire Brigade says it attends, on average, an e-bike or e-scooter lithium-battery fire every two days.
One public-safety network
Learn. Check. Act.
Each platform has one clear job. Together they take a consumer from prevention to evidence-led action.
Thwartly
Learn category risks and complete a practical pre-purchase safecheck.
Choose a categoryFOLO-UP
Search official-source notices, preserve listing evidence, and report or flag a concern for human review.
Check or reportUnsafe Products UK
Follow investigations, recurring failures, enforcement and the wider product-safety story.
Explore the evidenceA FOLO-UP report or Whistle flag is a listing signal for evidence capture and controlled human review. It is not confirmation that a product is unsafe.
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