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CPSC INFORMATION: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following product. Consumers should stop using products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Name of product: Power Inflator Units: [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]