Suunto Recalls Air Hoses Used With Scuba Gear Due To Drowning Hazard
CPSC Recall1 injuries · 2014-01-23 · 14088
Hazards
The high-pressure air hose may leak or rupture leading to a loss of breathing gas posing a drowning hazard.
Recall
Number
14088
Date
2014-01-23
Injuries reported
1
Products
Names
Scuba high-pressure air hoses
Remedies
Options
Replace
Companies
Manufacturer(s)
Suunto Oy, of Finland
Retailer(s)
Authorized Suunto Dive dealers nationwide from November 2012 to July 2013 for $95 to $195 if sold with Suunto analog pressure gauge for diving, and from $400 to $900 if sold as part of a Suunto dive computer system, and $85 if sold separately.
Country of manufacture
Finland; United States
Description
The recalled black rubber high pressure air hose is used with submersible pressure gauges and dive computers. The hose has silver fittings on both ends and "5000 PSIG PRESSURE TESTED - MADE IN THE U.S.A," the batch code "1812" and the product code are printed on it. The hoses were sold separately and as a component of the Cobra, Cobra 3, SM-36 model pressure gauge and gauge combos, and with the Vyper and Zoop model dive computers or analog pressure gauges when purchased as combos.