InfoCons Consumer Protection Alert : BALTIC – Lifejacket
BALTIC – Lifejacket
Name: Hammar harness life jacket
Category: 10
Date: 2025-05-16
Product Category: Hobby/sports equipment
Risk Type: Drowning
Danger: 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. In manual inflation mode, no inflation was observed. 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: Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end usersDate of entry into force: 04/04/2025Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): DistributorCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the marketDate of entry into force: Unknown
Description: Automatic inflatable life jacket with HAMMAR hydrostatic trigger. All batches are affected.
Notifying Country: France
Country of Origin: Sweden
Alert Type: Consumer
Alert Level: Serious risk
