CPSC, Custom Buoyancy Inc. Announce Recall of Scuba Diving Devices
Home product recall 02-093. Announced by CPSC on Jan 30, 2002.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Jan 30, 2002. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- 7,700 units, as CPSC gives them
- None injuries, CPSC’s notice says
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The overpressure valve can stick in the open position, posing a drowning hazard to divers.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should stop using the buoyancy control systems with these overpressure valves immediately and contact the CBI dealer where purchased, for a free replacement valve.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: For more information, consumers can contact CBI at (310) 328-1077 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday. Consumers also can visit the firm’s web site at www.custombuoyancy.com
Which ones are recalled?
The recalled overpressure valve is installed on buoyancy control systems with the following brand names: Diving Unlimited International (DUI), International Divers, Ocean Management Systems, Rip Tide and Steam Machines. Brand names and logos are printed on the epaulettes and pockets. These buoyancy control systems come in two versions, a jacket style and a wings style. The date code, printed on an instructional label sewn to the buoyancy control system, is the first four numbers after the brand name abbreviation. The first two numbers indicate the month and the second two numbers indicate the year. The recall includes date codes from October 2000 through June 2001. Valves with an asterisk below the serial number are not involved in this recall.
7,700 units, as CPSC gives them.
Custom Buoyancy Inc. Overpressure Valve (OPV).
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 2 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Distributed by Custom Buoyancy Inc. (CBI), Torrance, Calif.
- Authorized CBI distributors sold the buoyancy control systems with the overpressure valves nationwide, from October 2000 through November 2001, for about $590.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
CPSC and CBI have received three reports of the valves sticking open. No injuries have been reported.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
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