Watch out, This Popular Garden Hose Is Injuring People
Summer means pool time and playing in the water. Plus, your garden needs water year-round. A hose is the most practical tool to bring water to all your yard-based activities. Even if you don’t have a pool or a garden, there are a plethora of other outdoor activities that merit the use of a hose. But if you purchased a new water hose in the last couple of years, you may be in danger. The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (USCPSC) recently announced a recall of millions of water hoses because they pose a risk to consumers’ health and safety. Find out if yours is on the list and how to protect yourself if you own one of the recalled water hoses.
Why Are These Hoses Dangerous?
Water hoses might seem benign, especially the ones designed for home and garden use. Typically, they don’t produce enough pressure to do any damage. They’ll put out a good spray, but not anywhere near the amount of pressure that a fire hose puts out. But so far, there have been over 200 reports of Winston Products’ hoses bursting. According to the USCPSC report, these incidents have resulted in 29 injuries so far, “including one bone bruise, two sprains and five reports of temporarily impaired hearing from the sound of the hose bursting.”
Which Hoses Are Being Recalled?
According to the USCPSC report, over 3.6 million water hoses are being recalled. If you own a Winston Products HydroTech 5/8-inch Expandable Burst-Proof Hose, yours might be one of them. You’ll need to check the date code on it against the list in the recall announcement. Per the USCPSC, “hoses with no markings or a marking ending in -211, -212, -213, -214, -221, -222, -223, -224, -231, -232, -233, -234, -241, -242 or -243 are included in this recall.” The recall brief also clarifies that “on some hose packages, the manufacture date is listed in the month-year format. For example, 0824 is August 2024 and is included in this recall.”
Is There a Proposed Fix?
Currently, Winston Products’ solution is to refund customers. If you own one of the water hoses being recalled, stop using it immediately. In order to obtain your refund, you need to do one of two things. If you purchased your hose from Ace Hardware, Do It Best, Home Depot or Walmart, you have it easy. The USCPSC says you should bring your hose to the store to get your refund. If you purchased your hose from some other retailer, the instructions are different. In these cases, you need to cut off the regulator-end of your hose and reach out to Winston Products instead. The brief specifies that in order to receive the refund, “consumers should submit photos of the cut hose, showing the date code location with the consumer’s initials and the date written in permanent marker on the regulator, to Winston Product’s online form at https://hydrotechproducts.com/recall.”
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