Mares XR BCD Buoyancy Compensation Vest Inflator

Official notice

11 Aug 2019

Last checked

11 Aug 2019

High riskACCC

An official ACCC notice concerns Mares XR BCD Buoyancy Compensation Vest Inflator. If the inflator's deflator button unscrews, there may be a loss of buoyancy, which poses a drowning hazard for the wearer. Published 2019-08-11.

What to do now

Consumers who have an affected product that has not yet been repaired should take their inflator to the retailer where the product was purchased to arrange repair. Repaired inflators are marked with an engraved 'X' near the serial number. No further action is required if your inflator has this mark. For further information, consumers should contact Mares on 07 3386 1210 or via info@au.mares.com

Recall number

e799cfb0-08c0-4145-b77d-57ee2ca67a60

Official notice

2019-08-11

The hazard

If the inflator's deflator button unscrews, there may be a loss of buoyancy, which poses a drowning hazard for the wearer.

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Affected products

Product 1

A buoyancy compensation vest, also called a BC, BCD or stabiliser, is a piece of diving equipment with an inflatable bladder, which is worn by divers to establish neutral buoyancy underwater and positive buoyancy on the surface, when needed.

Risk / hazard

If the inflator's deflator button unscrews, there may be a loss of buoyancy, which poses a drowning hazard for the wearer.

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

AU · Australia

Affected area 1

AU · Australia

Source & status

Source

Tier

beta

Category

HOME

Classification

Diving

App estimate

high

Recall details

Recall number

e799cfb0-08c0-4145-b77d-57ee2ca67a60

Classification

Diving

Source tier

beta

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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