Product Recall Number: 14-129
Why was Wireless activity-tracking wristband recalled?
Users can develop allergic reactions to the stainless steel casing, materials used in the strap, or adhesives used to assemble the product, resulting in redness, rashes or blistering where the skin has been in contact with the tracker.
Product Recall Number: 14-129
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2014-03-12
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Wireless activity-tracking wristband
Description: Users can develop allergic reactions to the stainless steel casing, materials used in the strap, or adhesives used to assemble the product, resulting in redness, rashes or blistering where the skin has been in contact with the tracker.
Hazard Description: Users can develop allergic reactions to the stainless steel casing, materials used in the strap, or adhesives used to assemble the product, resulting in redness, rashes or blistering where the skin has been in contact with the tracker.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Refund
Units: About 1,000,000 in the U.S. and about 28,000 in Canada
Incidents: The firm has received about 9,900 reports of the wristband causing skin irritation and about 250 reports of blistering.
Remedy: Consumers should contact Fitbit for a full refund.
Sold At: AT&T, Best Buy, Brookstone, Dick's Sporting Goods, Radio Shack, REI, Sports Authority, Target and other stores nationwide, and online at Amazon.com and Fitbit.com from October 2013 to February 2014 for about $130.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed