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Mammut asks customers to check avalanche airbags

24/05/2019
Mountain sports brand Mammut has asked customers who own its generation 3.0 avalanche airbags to check that the airbag balloon is correctly attached to the inflation system to make sure the avalanche safety equipment functions correctly. 

All customers who own a generation 3.0 avalanche airbag from the winter 16-17, winter 17-18 or winter 18-19 seasons (neon-coloured deployment handle) are requested to check them or to contact Mammut customer service. Avalanche airbags from previous seasons (red deployment handle) are not affected. 

Mammut says it is easy to identify whether the airbag is attached correctly and instructions on how to do so are available at this link (on the second page of the PDF in each language).

If the airbag balloon is not properly attached to the airbag inflation system, in some cases the airbag may lose volume too quickly after deployment. As a result, the airbag’s functionality may be impaired in the event of burial by an avalanche. 
 


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