dmm swivel recall!!

[carlos]

DMM Wales - Important Safety Notice: Product Recall

RESOURCES.DMMWALES.COM

 

[Haironyourchest]

Apparently there's a facebook post of the broken swivel, whence these photos came. Not on Facebook, ripped these off of somewhere on the web.... by the look of it the swivel had seen some use, going by the ware groove in the shackle. On a bridge too, most likely.

 

 

 

Edited November 2, 2022 by Haironyourchest

[Sviatoslav Tulin]

I can't believe that, just back from the shop with 2x DMM Swivels 😬, I suppose I shuold return them? 

Edited November 3, 2022 by Sviatoslav Tulin

[Haironyourchest]

1 hour ago, Sviatoslav Tulin said:

I can't believe that, just back from the shop with 2x DMM Swivels 😬, I suppose I shuold return them? 

 

Or hang onto them until they know what caused the failure, and return them later, if necessary. My bet is the bearings blew up. The guy was using it as his main life support. Lanyarded in to change his main line over a branch, clipped back into his main line, weighted it, and the swivel came up apart. But his lanyard caught him.

 

They might be underspecced for single point attachment, but ok for double. Who knows, at this point. I mean, this was the first catastrophic failure, it happens to pieces of gear from time to time. I'm very curious to see the analysis.

 

[Haironyourchest]

I signed up to the recall plan, just got the email to send the swivel in "for inspection and/or repair". I have to pay postage but they're giving a free steel carabiner with the returned swivel, so that's nice 👍. Estimated return is mid Feb 2023