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WASHINGTON, D.C. April 28, 2010 Release #10-208 – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Buoyancy Compensators used for Scuba Diving Units: About 20,000 Manufacturer: Ocean [...]

CPSC Date: 4/14/2010 Name of Product: Mares Nemo Air Dive Computers Units: About 600 in the United States, 140 in Canada and 15 in Puerto Rico Distributor: Mares USA, of Boca Raton, Fla. Hazard: An O-ring in the high pressure air connector can fail and leak air, causing a continuous but slow loss of breathing [...]

We just added a the paragraph below to our article, “The OPV Recall: Illustrates why you should check all you gear today. (click for full article)” The article talks about the Toyota like response of Dive Rite to the problem of corroding springs in the over pressure valves of their wings. (INSERTED PARAGRAPH) When we [...]

You giant stride from the gate of the dive boat into the mild, but cold swells of the Pacific Northwest’s emerald sea. But unlike other times you don’t bob quickly back to the surface with your OK sign beaming. “What’s up?! I am sinking!” goes through your mind. You have an important first choice – [...]

Italian scuba equipment manufacturer Cressi is working with the US consumer product safety commission on a recall of their Cressi Ellipse Black MC5 Regulator. The problem involves a partial obstruction of the High Pressure (HP) port which can produce an inaccurate reading on the pressure gauge, resulting in a slow descent of the needle in [...]

Silent Diving Systems is recalling about 820 scuba diving hoses sold separately or on rebreathers between Jan 2007 and Aug 2008. The diving hoses may have been made without crimps, which can allow gas to leak or water to enter into the re-breather unit. The crimped hoses are used to carry the air supply in [...]

NEWS is supposed to be current. Back in July (2008) we reported about a recall of Aqualung Titan/Conshelf DIN adapters, which had a minor chance of breakage if the service technician had overtightened the part during servicing (details here). We were suprised when we started to see 10 times the news stories we saw in July [...]

Aqualung has issued two recalls for their regulators. The Apeks TX/ATX/XTX 2ND stages which have not yet undergone an authorized annual service could have been incorrectly assembled (more info at http://www.aqualung.com/us/content/view/285/). Also, the TITAN DIN regulators whose serial number is lower than 6062501 or TITAN/CONSHELF DIN adaptors that are marked 300 BAR MAX which can be [...]

The Swedish dive gear manufacturer Poseidon announced that they have discovered a manufacturing error on the inner bladder on their W50 wings that can cause the seam that holds bladder halves together to break. They have issued a recall of bladders marked with batch number 5445 that were sold between September 2007 and June 10, [...]