BowFlex adjustable dumbbells recalled after dislodging injuries

BowFlex is recalling millions of units of its adjustable dumbbells due to the fact that their value plates tin dislodge and origin wounded to users. 

The callback comes aft implicit 100 reports of injuries including concussions, abrasions, breached toes oregon contusions, according to the CPSC. 

The dumbbells are fashionable due to the fact that of their versatility: They let users to assistance dumbbells of antithetic weights, without owning a afloat acceptable of individually weighted dumbbells, which would instrumentality up a batch of space. 

A full of 3,844,200 units of the merchandise are being recalled, according to a notice from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Thursday. That includes 3.7 cardinal units that were sold by Nautilus Inc. Nautilus changed its firm sanction to BowFlex successful 2023. 

BowFlex filed for bankruptcy extortion successful March 2024 and was acquired by Johnson Health Tech Retail, which volition refund customers for the dumbbells' acquisition terms successful the signifier of a voucher oregon for replacement units, truthful agelong arsenic they were purchased from Johnson Health Tech Trading. 

For customers who purchased the dumbbells from BowFlex, formerly Nautilus, consumers whitethorn petition a refund successful the signifier of a prorated voucher. They are besides eligible to person a 1 twelvemonth integer fittingness rank done Johnson Health Tech Trading. Johnson Health Tech Trading is reaching retired to its customers directly, according to the callback notice. 

Consumer Reports, the nonprofit user merchandise investigating organization, said the company's remedy is insufficient. "Consumers should beryllium capable to person their wealth backmost successful full, nary strings attached," she said successful a statement to ConsumerReports.com. 

The recalled dumbbell sets, called the "BowFlex 552, 52.5-lb Adjustable Dumbbells," and the "BowFlex 1090, 90-lb Adjustable Dumbbells," were sold successful pairs and arsenic azygous units. The achromatic weights came with handles, value plates and a integrative retention tray. The 1090 dumbbells could beryllium adjusted to measurement betwixt 10 and 90 pounds.

The CPSC is urging owners of the recalled dumbbells to halt utilizing them immediately, and to question retired a refund. Consumers tin capable retired a assertion signifier here. 

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