EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Hobby/sports equipment
Lifejacket BALTIC “Legend hammar Uship” — risk: drowning
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. SR/01848/25
Summary
The inflation system does not work sufficiently. In automatic inflation mode, immersion of the trigger device in salt water at a temperature of -1 °C might not trigger inflation. This could lead to the user drowning. The product does not comply with the Personal Protection Equipment Regulation nor with the European standard 12402-3.
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Product
Lifejacket — BALTIC
- Brand
- BALTIC
- Name / model
- Legend hammar Uship · 7781
- Barcode
- 3660851129694 7392715778620
- Category
- Hobby/sports equipment
- Inflatable life jacket. All batches are affected.
- Recall information: https://rappel.conso.gouv.fr/fiche-rappel/2025-04-0029
What is the risk?
- The inflation system does not work sufficiently. In automatic inflation mode, immersion of the trigger device in salt water at a temperature of -1 °C might not trigger inflation. This could lead to the user drowning. The product does not comply with the Personal Protection Equipment Regulation nor with the European standard 12402-3.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 07/04/2025
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
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