No you didn't misread that -- the plastic smells

As soon as we took this item out of the box, it smelled our ENTIRE house with a horrible smell.

It would be a 5 stars but have to knock off 2 the plastic smells so strongly.

I just ordered two of these and they are made of the cheapest materials possible and smelled of paint thinner out of the box

it gives off a really bad smell

Smells like nasty crap plastic, and the smell is really strong.

the smell was so bad

This product had a terrible plastic smell.

The product works, but it gave off this weird chemical smell that was real

It emits a terrible chemical-based smell and odor which did not go away even after days out of the box

Comes from China and as soon as you open the package, it has an overwhelming chemical smells

No funny smells, just a neat little plasma ball at a great price.

Looks cool, smelled like rubber/gasoline when I took it out of the box but the smell went away after a few days