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Black Diamond Recalls Recon LT Avalanche Transceiver Due to a Corrosion Issue

In conjunction with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Health Canada, Black Diamond Equipment is recalling the Black Diamond Recon LT avalanche transceiver and related avalanche safety sets due to a corrosion issue that may cause it to malfunction. Recon LT owners can have their transceivers repaired, exchanged for a different model, or refunded. Related: A Deeper Look [โ€ฆ]

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AvyBrains | February 14, 2025
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Black Diamond Recalls PIEPS Pro IPS Avalanche Transceivers Due to Issues with the Battery Compartment

Black Diamond has recently issued a recall for all PIEPS Pro IPS Avalanche Transceivers because of an issue with the battery compartment, which could lead to loss of functionality during emergencies. This issue stems from the battery compartment, which does not hold the AAA batteries securely, potentially causing them to lose contact with the battery terminals. About 770 of these [โ€ฆ]

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Elise Chou | January 5, 2025
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Black Diamond Equipment Issues Voluntary Recall for Its Recon LT Avalanche Transceiver

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Black Diamond Equipmentยฎ is issuing a voluntary recall for its Recon LT avalanche transceiver to carry out a required firmware update. The Recon LT avalanche transceiver may unexpectedly enter search mode, despite the rotary switch remaining in its send position. This malfunction can be resolved if users update their firmware to version v1.3 or later. Related: A Deeper Look into [โ€ฆ]

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AvyBrains | March 23, 2023
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Black Diamond Recalls PIEPS DSP Avalanche Transcievers in the United States and Canada

On April 12, 2021, Black Diamond Equipment announced a voluntary recall of all PIEPS DSP Pro, DSP Ice, and DSP Sport avalanche transceivers in the US and Canada. In cooperation with the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, Black Diamond announced this voluntary recall in response to reports of transceivers switching modes unexpectedly. The voluntary recall consists [โ€ฆ]

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Mike Bartholow | April 12, 2021
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How Well Do You Know How to Use Your Beacon? | Beacon Searching 101

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Brought to you by SCARPA Backcountry Week Over the next few days, Iโ€™m going to highlight some of the Backcountry Access avalanche safety videos for SnowBrainsโ€™ SCARPA Backcountry Week. With over a dozen avalanche deaths in just over a week across North America, there is a lot of focus on avalanche safety in our community. Group size, effective communication, appropriate [โ€ฆ]

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Mike Bartholow | February 10, 2021
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Electronic Noise: How Your Smartphone May Affect Your Avalanche Beaconโ€™s Performance

Avalanche transceivers are the most important piece of gear we use in the backcountry. The lives of us and our partners rely entirely on our beacons working well. One of the things that may interfere with the proper function of a transceiver is electronic noise. Related: Avalanche Beacons: Whereโ€™s The Best Place To Wear Them? Essentially any battery-powered device causes [โ€ฆ]

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Jason Ringenberg | January 19, 2021
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Canadian Personal Injury Law Firm Files Class-Action Lawsuit Against Pieps/Black Diamond

Pieps DSP Sport and Pro model avalanche transceivers have been blowing up on social media as of late โ€” and not necessarily for all the right reasons. Related: A Deeper Look into the Controversy Behind the Pieps DSP Avalanche Transceiver An ongoing controversy has professional skiers, industry professionals, and backcountry users claiming that the locking mechanism on some Pieps model [โ€ฆ]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | October 28, 2020
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A Deeper Look into the Controversy Behind the Pieps DSP Avalanche Transceiver

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Ian McIntosh (@ianmcintosh) on Oct 13, 2020 at 11:31am PDT Fif-teen minutes. Thatโ€™s approximately how long you get as an avalanche burial victim before your chance of survival falls to roughly 40%. After that, it accelerates toward zero. And thatโ€™s given that youโ€™re wearing your avalanche transceiver and that [โ€ฆ]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | October 23, 2020
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The Evolution of Avalanche Beacon Technology

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Have you ever wondered how avalanche beacon technology works?  Or even what people did out in the backcountry before modern beacons? Well, up until 1968, there were no avalanche beacons, at least not in the form we recognize today. Dr. John Lawton invented the first avalanche beacon in 1968 at Cornell and it was on the market in 1971. Ed [โ€ฆ]

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Gabrielle Gasser | June 19, 2020
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UPDATE: Victimsโ€™ Beacons Weโ€™re Turned OFF in Both Recent Teton Mountains Avalanche Fatalities

Itโ€™s been a heavy couple of weeks in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. On top of a global pandemic, two young men were killed in avalanche accidents on Wednesday, April 1, and Friday, April 3. It has now been confirmed that both victims did not have their avalanche transceivers turned on at the time they were caught and buried by avalanches. On [โ€ฆ]

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AvyBrains | April 8, 2020
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โ€œWhen Should You Change Your Avalanche Transceiver Batteries?โ€

This is a question that comes up again and again and there are different answers to this question. Weโ€™re going to share with you some of the industry standards that we know of and why they are what they are. The best idea is to be conservative and change your batteries frequently and donโ€™t let you batteries get below 60%. The first thing you should do is consult the user manual of your avalanche beacon (you can find them online) and read at what battery percentage your beacon [โ€ฆ]

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ORTOVOX Recalls Avalanche Transceivers Due to Loss of Emergency Communications Capability

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Back in May Ortovox announced a precautionary recall of its Ortovox 3+ avalanche transceivers running software version 2.1. Internal testing by Ortovox identified a software glitch that could cause temporary lapses in signal transmission, potentially leading to a longer search time in the case of a burial. Ortovox upgraded the device, free of charge to all users. Yesterday, 10th July, Ortovox [โ€ฆ]

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AvyBrains | July 11, 2018
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