Just about the time I was wondering what the status of the Magicshine Recall status was, lo and behold, a little package arrived in the mail....maybe I should have wondered about them sooner?
I unpacked the small package and quickly plugged the 3 re-chargeable batteries to charge them up. These replacement batteries were from the batteries that had been recalled due to a couple of instances of fires! It was not a common occurrence but the possibility of a battery heating up while on your helmet or while unattended during charging could be a real problem.
GeoManGear quickly sent out recall notices and probably did not anticipate the level of response they got because the recall process ended up taking over 6 months for our batteries to get replaced. For a relatively small shop like GMG it had to be a big hit on the books to step up like that in order to do the right thing. I appreciate their ethical proactiveness - especially since they did not make the batteries!
Now that the batteries are charged up, it will be time to get a night ride on the radar to see just how well the new replacement batteries work. If nothing else, at least the little magicshine battery family is back together again...
a pic of the 3 replcaement batteries:
and the accompanying lights....
I unpacked the small package and quickly plugged the 3 re-chargeable batteries to charge them up. These replacement batteries were from the batteries that had been recalled due to a couple of instances of fires! It was not a common occurrence but the possibility of a battery heating up while on your helmet or while unattended during charging could be a real problem.
GeoManGear quickly sent out recall notices and probably did not anticipate the level of response they got because the recall process ended up taking over 6 months for our batteries to get replaced. For a relatively small shop like GMG it had to be a big hit on the books to step up like that in order to do the right thing. I appreciate their ethical proactiveness - especially since they did not make the batteries!
Now that the batteries are charged up, it will be time to get a night ride on the radar to see just how well the new replacement batteries work. If nothing else, at least the little magicshine battery family is back together again...
a pic of the 3 replcaement batteries:
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