Collegiate Pacific Recalls Power Packs for Portable Team Hydration Units Due to Injury Hazard
Home product recall 08-511. Announced by CPSC on Oct 22, 2007.
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Oct 22, 2007. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
Charging the battery inside the hydration unit’s power pack box can result in excessive gas buildup, which can burst the lid of the power pack box off or rupture the box. This poses an injury hazard to bystanders.
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What should you do?
Consumers should immediately stop charging the portable team hydration units and contact Collegiate Pacific to receive a repair kit.
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- How to reach the firm: For more information, contact Collegiate Pacific at (800) 243-5133 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or log on to http://www.BSNCP.com/recall
Which ones are recalled?
This recall involves the battery-operated power pack boxes for the 20-gallon “Sports Cool Powered Team Drinker” and the 40-gallon “Sports Cool Powered Tanker with Cart” portable team hydration units. The units include a water tank, six hoses, a battery-operated pack box, and a cart. “Sports Cool” is printed on the water tank.
About 800 units, as CPSC gives them.
Power Packs for Portable Team Hydration Units.
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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?
- Made by Collegiate Pacific, Farmers Branch, Texas.
- Sporting goods supply distributors and direct sales nationwide from February 2004 through June 2007 for between $700 and $1,000.
- Made in United States, as the notice gives it.
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Was anyone hurt?
Collegiate Pacific has received two reports of lids bursting off of the box, including an instance where the lid struck the back of a bystander’s hand, causing some swelling.
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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.
Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 19, 2026.