Salomon Quest Recall
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pigglywiggly
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Meh, products fail sometimes, it's life. Unfortunatly, people got hurt by the product before the recall was issued, which is obviously a major bummer
PERSONAL OPINION, IN NO WAY DOES THIS REPRESENT NEWSCHOOLERS.COM'S OPINIONS.
Defects are a part of manufacturing. I can live with this fact without a problem. Where my problem with the situation comes in is in two ways.
1. I am a little concerned that they took a developed technology, thinned the main structural components drastically, and then never stress tested the pieces before sending them to market. A simple test in the lab would have yielded results showing the lack of structural integrity in the inserts.
2. It took them FAR too long to actually issue a recall once it had come out in the public that an issue was there. It took seemingly a large amount of the A/T community banging at their e-doors to get them to finally take the problem seriously, and even then, it's taken far too long to officially admit the oops.
Granted, hindsight is always 20/20. I just hope that Salomon and other manufacturers can take some sort of lesson away from this and be wiser in the future. It's terribly unfortunate that a skier who loved to shred had his life drastically altered as a result of short sightedness.
Defects are a part of manufacturing. I can live with this fact without a problem. Where my problem with the situation comes in is in two ways.
1. I am a little concerned that they took a developed technology, thinned the main structural components drastically, and then never stress tested the pieces before sending them to market. A simple test in the lab would have yielded results showing the lack of structural integrity in the inserts.
2. It took them FAR too long to actually issue a recall once it had come out in the public that an issue was there. It took seemingly a large amount of the A/T community banging at their e-doors to get them to finally take the problem seriously, and even then, it's taken far too long to officially admit the oops.
Granted, hindsight is always 20/20. I just hope that Salomon and other manufacturers can take some sort of lesson away from this and be wiser in the future. It's terribly unfortunate that a skier who loved to shred had his life drastically altered as a result of short sightedness.
Caucasian_Asian
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This needs to be bumped