Oregon Scientific NOAA All-Hazard radios recalled

[sebenste]

Hello all,

The Consumer Product Safety Commision advises that 4 models of Oregon Scientific NOAA All-Hazards radios have been recalled.
Full details here:

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07292.html

If you chase with one, I'd return it ASAP...

 

[MatthewCarman]

I own a portable weather radio that is the same as the second one shown in the pictures on that site. I will be calling them tommorow. I always thought I just had it set up wrong when I would sometimes not recieve alerts from them.

 

[Andrew Kajfasz]

Thanks for the notice Gilbert! I hadn't heard anything about this recall, and I own the radio in the first picture. I was just chasing a tornado warned severe storm this past Friday evening with it and I didn't hear about it being tornado warned until after I peeled off the storm since the warning was never received on my radio.

Thanks again for the heads up! And I will definitely be giving Oregon Scientific a call tomorrow.

 

[John Erwin]

+1 for notifying everyone of this!

I was considering buying one of these units.. will have to reconsider now.

 

[Jay Cazel]

Mine seems to be working fine, I don't chase with it just leave it at home for my wife. But I did send them a e-mail to them and they got right back to me and are sending out a shipping lable to return it for a new one. Said it would take 2 to 3 weeks to get the new one once they get mine.

 

[Mike Davis]

A bad time with Oregon Scientific

I called Oregon Scientific today concerning the recall and timed myself at 48 minutes on hold. Then got this, "press 1 to leave a number. We will call you in the order received".

Well, no call all day. I have run across other delays and dodges. This is not good business. They also want proof of purchase, and want you to send the unit back before replacement.

Some companies, upon learning of their gross errors, would fly a new unit out immediately. This happened recently with another type of device I bought. Some companies are concerned with vicarious liability.

My experience only.

 

[Dan Cook]

Hmm I was wondering why I never got the tornado warning for the Chicago area storm last month. Now I know why!