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Black Diamond Recalls Karabiners Quickdraws Slings

falcon

5-Feb-2016
8:23:21 AM

http://www.rockandice.com/climbing-news/black-diamond-recalls-carabiners-quickdraws-and-slings

Black Diamond Equipment is recalling carabiners (solid-, wire- and screw-gate), quickdraws and nylon runners because of the possibility of product irregularities.

In a press release today, BD announced:

“In some carabiners, the gate rivets (in solid-gate carabiners) and wire ends (in wire-gate carabiners) attaching the gate to the carabiner body may not be properly manufactured, potentially resulting in the gate becoming detached.

“Additionally, in some screw-gate carabiners, the locking sleeve may not have been correctly assembled, resulting in a locking carabiner that does not lock properly.

“The recall related to the nylon runners is due to a small number found to contain a tape splice, resulting in a product that is not load bearing and will fail under standard use.

“No accidents have been reported; however, in the interest of customer safety, Black Diamond has decided to voluntarily issue a recall to ask users to inspect their equipment and return products that are in question to Black Diamond for a replacement.

“Please help us share this information and urge people to inspect their gear.”

Products include the following carabiners (see image on right) in all colors, including those sold as individual carabiners, carabiners in quickdraws and quickdraw packs, and as part of harness, belay and rock protection packages.

And 18mm Nylon Runners in 60cm and 120cm lengths, produced with the manufacturing code tags 2014 and 2015. All colors are subject to this recall.

MonkeyBoy

5-Feb-2016
8:53:06 AM

Links to the BD website recall.

http://warranty.bdel.com/RunnerRecall/Landing

http://warranty.bdel.com/CarabinerRecall/Landing

The runner recall product inspection section looks like they have sold runners that are essentially taped together with masking tape. Scary though I would hope a visual inspection before use would identify this, hopefully.

Stay Safe out there.

deadbudgy

5-Feb-2016
8:58:25 AM

I think if you bought a sling and didn't notice that it was held together with sticky tape you should probably quit climbing...
Seriously though, this is a pretty large deficiency in QC procedures. If all these defects can be picked up by simple visual inspection they should be picked up before leaving the factory. Particularly if you are installing components up side down... or sticky taping them together...

Seth

5-Feb-2016
12:04:58 PM

Thanks for posting this people.

Black Diamond moved on this very quickly and we were notified of the recall in the early hours of this morning.

We will be sending out an official announcement on the handling of this recall in Australia shortly.

Not all items are affected, please check the following links to establish whether you have an item that will be at risk or not. Carabiners will need their batch stamps found on their spine to be checked.

http://warranty.bdel.com/CarabinerRecall/Landing#screwGateInspection

http://warranty.bdel.com/RunnerRecall/Landing

Any product found to be at fault will need to be returned to Sea to Summit Australia.

If you have any queries please contact enquiries@seatosummit.com.au or call our customer service team on 08 9221 6617.

Seth Fortune - Black Diamond Brand Manager
Sea to Summit Australia.

E. Wells

5-Feb-2016
3:21:17 PM

I wish my name was Seth Fortune instead of boring old Randy Genesis.

Dave_S

5-Feb-2016
4:19:23 PM

"This recall concerns carabiners/quickdraws with manufacturing codes between 4350 and 6018."

4347A. I came pretty close there. Of course, I'm still going to die, because it's got a daisy chain attached to it. :-D

Edit: Actually, upon closer reading of the recall notice, it seems that any manufacturing code ending in a 'A' is safe.

johny

5-Feb-2016
5:30:06 PM

In other recall news. http://www.pat-testing.info/recallnotice/ann-summers-vibrator.htm

Seth

5-Feb-2016
5:33:33 PM

Anything with an A on the end is safe as noted.

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