Aqua Lung is recalling about 110,000 buoyancy compensators with SureLock II weight pocket handles because their rubber handles can detach as divers are trying to remove the weight pockets to rise to the surface in an emergency. This poses a drowning hazard.
Aqua Lung is aware of 236 reports of handles detaching from the weight pockets. There are no reported injuries.
The recall involves all Aqua Lung buoyancy compensators with SureLock II rubber handles attached to weight pockets (shown at right), including the following models: Axiom, Axiom i3, Balance, Black Diamond, Dimension, Libra, Lotus, Pearl, Pearl i3, Pro LT, Pro QD, Pro QDi3 and Zuma buoyancy compensators. The SureLock II handles are gray rubber and measure about 2 inches tall by 4 inches wide. The buoyancy compensator’s model name is embroidered on the inside back pad or the weight pocket’s right lobe. “SureLock” is molded into the back of the weight pocket.The BCs were imported by Agua Lung America of Vista, CA and sold at sporting goods and scuba diving stores nationwide from September 2008 through September 2012 for between $460 and $700.
