Aqua Lung Expands Recall of Buoyancy Compensators Due to Drowning Hazard

[RJP]

151,300 units?
WOW!!!!
And that's just Aqualung.
I had no idea there were that many BCD's sold.
I wonder what the total combined global sales of ALL units by all companies are?

I'm wondering if "units" = "weight pockets" rather than BCDs.

 

[DKL]

Replaced mine in about 5 minutes. My LDS is an AL dealer, I guess he received a big ol box of handles.

 

[gcarter]

Mine was done that quick the last time. Major delay this time is me - I went in a week and a half ago to drop off my Apeks regs for service and walked away convinced I was forgetting something. The pockets, apparently, are still in my truck.

 

[Azbuceadora]

I had not heard of this recall until a few days ago. One of my handles broke last week in Fiji so just dove with the weight pocket in the zippered side pocket of my AL Pearl. When I called my LDS after returning, they told me about the recall and to bring the pockets in; they replaced the handles in a minute. They had been unable to inform me of the recall (since I'd bought the BC there) 'cause my email address was my really old one.

 

[gcarter]

Mine was done that quick the last time. Major delay this time is me - I went in a week and a half ago to drop off my Apeks regs for service and walked away convinced I was forgetting something. The pockets, apparently, are still in my truck.

Dropped by this morning while out and as with the last time, the switch took all of 5 minutes.

I thought it interesting that he had to open a FedEx box to get the parts needed, which indicates to me that this recall is probably not very well known? Otherwise I would have expected he would have needed to dip into the stash before this.

 

[Timmyjoe]

I'm a little confused. My AquaLung BCD is about a year old and it has the handles pictured below:

Rubber handle, with webbing connecting the handle to the weight pouch. Are these ones okay, or are they supposed to be replaced as well?

Thanks,
-Tim

 

[Manika104]

Timmyjoe I just had my handles replaced at my LDS and they replaced mine with the ones you pictured. I hope that means you have the most up to date version.

 

[knotical]

The recall notice: Aqua Lung Expands Recall of Buoyancy Compensators Due to Drowning Hazard | CPSC.gov - especially photo 3 - confirms that you appear to have the proper handles.