gcarter
Contributor
Well, those who rushed to the defense of this product would be interested to know that my HP Phantom failed catastrophically in the Florida keys last week, it blew at the joining of the metal and braiding by the 1st stage. Feel safe now with your Engrish hose?
And now i find it's been recalled.
Innovative Scuba Phantom High Pressure Hose Recall
Even stranger, as I have 2 I'm sending it back and their recall form is a direct clone of the MiFLex one, except in word. They obviously are just some shack in china that slavishly copies.
I had tossed my LP one (that caused this thread) with the engrish but stupidly kept the HP as I was already pissed at havign to send back the Miflex.
Things I find interesting:
* Your only posts here have been about these hoses
* Post #5 you say you already tossed them, and go on to say that it was the HP hose you were worried about
* Of all the hoses out there, you are one of the few to have a failure on a hose you said you threw away but now say you didn't.
Many manufacturers have recalls from time to time, and I do not minimize the issue. It does, however, seem to me that there is a backstory / agenda here that is not being shared.
As to the CE mark, it's lack means nothing except its lack. My company has been making protective equipment for EOD techs for many years with great success and only obtained a CE certification for the first time a few months ago. Nothing has changed in the product. Should our customers not have bought before we were CE certified?
Crap can be manufactured anywhere. So can quality product. China has seen its share of both, but the same is true of both NA and Europe as well.