Solowave · Recalled
Solowave Recalls Home Playground Tube Slides with Port Holes Due to Laceration Hazard
The plastic port hole-type windows in the tube slide can break, posing a laceration hazard to children.
- Units
- About 10,800 in the U.S. and 9,900 in Canada
- Reports
- 23
- Injuries
- 23
- Deaths
- —
- Price
- $275–$1,800
- Remedy
- Repair
Reports, injuries, deaths and price are read out of the notice’s wording by rules, so they can miss unusual phrasing. The official notice is the record.
Affected
This recall involves Solowave Tornado brand home playground tube slides with port holes. The slides are green, six or seven feet long and have three or five port hole-style plastic windows in the sides. The slides were sold with Solowave's Centennial, Centennial II, Lexington, Rocky Mountain Deluxe and Sheridan play systems and were also sold separately. Solowave Design is stamped on the outside of the slides near the middle of each tube slide section.
The file
- Sold at
- Toys R Us and other stores nationwide, and online at toysrus.com from February 2008 through August 2013 for between $1,300 and $1,800 as part of a play system, or between $275 and $370 for the slide only.
- Product type
- Playground Equipment
- Made in
- Canada
- Recalled by
- Solowave Design Corp., of Hamburg, N.Y.
Incident log
Solowave has received 23 reports of minor injuries to children, including cuts and scrapes, from contact with broken port holes.
What the notice says to do
Consumers should stop using the recalled slide immediately and contact Solowave to receive a free repair kit for the port hole windows.
Solowave toll-free at (866) 678-0376 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or online at www.solowavedesign.com and click on Important Safety Notice for more information.
Recall notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. This site is independent: always confirm on the official notice before acting.
Notice first dated DEC 11 2013; last revised JAN 07 2015.
