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Solowave Recalls Home Playground Tube Slides with Port Holes Due to Laceration Hazard

U.S. CPSCCutsDec 11, 2013
Solowave Tornado brand tube slide with port hole
Solowave Tornado brand tube slide with port hole
Solowave Tornado brand tube slide with port hole
Solowave Tornado brand tube slide with port hole
Port hole window
Port hole window

Photos from the official notice: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission · image rights

Hazard

The plastic port hole-type windows in the tube slide can break, posing a laceration hazard to children.

Remedy

Consumers should stop using the recalled slide immediately and contact Solowave to receive a free repair kit for the port hole windows.

Repair

Incidents & injuries

Solowave has received 23 reports of minor injuries to children, including cuts and scrapes, from contact with broken port holes.

Product description

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.

Sold on

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.

Contact the company

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.

What should I do?

Stop using the product and follow the remedy below. Contact the company for a refund, repair or replacement — recall remedies are free.

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