Seago LifeJacket Extended Recall

Kudos to them for actually doing a recall, and extending that recall where necessary. Far better than doing nothing, and the outrage there would be on here if later found out to have done nothing.

They have also stated that if you give proof of postage in a covering letter when you send them in, they will refund those costs.
 
This safety recall makes me very nervous about using our four Seago lifejackets. Although not manufactured in any of the date periods detailed, there seems little public info. about what the actual fault is.
 
As far as I'm aware, it's a faulty valve problem, so they pressure test them for over 12 hours to ensure they stay up. So you could test your own quite simply by blowing them up and leaving for 12 hours
 
Cheers, I didn't know about getting the postage refunded. It's still something that would have been easier to do in one go, I think I'll send all of them back just in case :/
 
It's a good idea to test them like this once a year anyway, so won't do any harm. Blow them up with a pump though, not my mouth, or they can get damp inside
 
My postage cost me either £2 or £3 2nd class , I can't recall which - it hardly seems worth quibling over this amount when in exchange you get a brand new lifejacket, in a nice brand new bag and you still have the old cylinder and firing mechanism that you kept from the old one ( and the old bag )

I don't believe they are tested at all - just binned on receipt. New ones were back with me within a week.

Regards
 
I sent my three back to seago. They were tested and the old ones were returned, but without any documentation to show that they were returning from service. It took 48 hours to persuade the Norwegian customs that they should not charge import duty on them.

There was also no info about refund of postage (=£27)
 
They replaced mine within 48 hours which I thought was pretty impressive. I've got to say it made me a little nervous about the fact I'd been using a duff lifejacket for the last 18 months. I had done the blow up test and left it overnight and it didn't deflate as well. Still I would rather they did the recall than not but a little more information on the fault from the company would be helpfull.
 
Another lifejacket manufacturer and a chandlers were taken to court after a fatality due to a valve failure.

Most lifejacket manufacturers using that brand of valve from specific batches, which they would trace back to manufacturers details, would have probably issued recalls, including Seago.

There have been no instances of Seago having issues, they are just covering their arses, probably after legal advice, and probably covered by liability insurance for the costs, which would in all probability be taken up by Seago's insurance company to the valve manufacturers insurance company.

There have been a huge number of threads on the subject on these forums, so you should have been well informed.
 
I only found out about the recall two weeks ago as I'm not always plugged in to the forum and only came across it by chance. I realise that it's done on a best endeavours basis but if peeps aren't computer literate it could easily be missed. For instance the chandlers where I bought them could have put a sign up. Anyway, no harm done and I'm glad I found out
 
There is hardly an organisation that has not put out notices on the recall, including rya. For an idea of the scale, type seago recall into google.

Did you register your lifejackets with Seago when you bought them? If not, you can hardly complain they didn't track you down - these recalls depend on up to date information on where you live, or email address etc.
 
Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, I am glad I caught it. My only point is that I nearly missed it as I don't spend that long online, or at the rya and I don't tend to register products as I may not wish to end up on some marketing database - my choice, my risk.
It would have been helpful though if the original vendor had stuck a sign up as I would have seen it there
 
Didn't think any of this applied to me as my lifejacket is a Baltic. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Then I remembered that the ones for the use of guests are Seago...... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Note to self - check dates this weekend!! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
 
Are you sure about valve failure being the reason. I heard that it was due to a problem with the bladder fabric either delaminating or failing at the weld.

Re the valve in the oral inflation tube of the Baltic lifejacket - there's evidence that the valve was incorrectly used when the lifejacket was being inspected which caused it not to close properly.

These valves are used in many lifejackets. I understand that Baltic had stopped fitting this oral tube before the case came to light.

For information - Only use the reversed cap to open the valve when deflating the lifejacket. Do not use a ball point pen or any other implement.

Shorn
 
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