C3 Manufacturing Recalls Perfect Descent Climbing Systems Climbing Belay Devices Due to Fall Hazard
Home product recall 20-097. Announced by CPSC on Mar 19, 2020.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Mar 19, 2020. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- Repair what’s offered
- About 1,100 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 belay climbing device can loosen and can cause slack on the rope, allowing the climber to fall. Climbing while tethered to a malfunctioning belay can cause serious injury or death.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled belay devices and contact C3 Manufacturing to receive a free repair. The firm contacted all known purchasers directly on October 21, 2019.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- What the company offers to fix a recalled product or vehicle: a repair, a replacement or a refund, as the recall notice says. For a vehicle, dealers make the safety repair free. Follow the notice’s own steps, or contact the company it names. Source: CPSC; NHTSA (49 U.S.C. 30120).: repair.
- How to reach the firm: C3 Manufacturing toll-free at 866-250-5903 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. MT Monday through Friday, email at support@PerfectDescent.com or online at www.perfectdescent.com and click on Service & Support, then Product Notices or www.perfectdescent.com/product-notices/ for more information.
Which ones are recalled?
This recall involves Perfect Descent Auto Belay model 220 Indoor, Outdoor, Speed Drive and Direct Drive auto belay climbing devices. Belay devices are used with climbing ropes to protect the climber while climbing, to arrest a fall or while being lowered on the rope. The devices were sold in yellow and black and have “Perfect Descent” printed on the top of the devices. The recalled belay devices have the following serial number ranges printed on the bottom of the device: Serial number Manufacture Date: I-0970 through I-3109 February 2017 through November 2018 S-0604 through S-1609 March 2017 through December 2018 S-1695 through S-1762 February 2019 through March 2019 D-1015 through D-1385 June 2018 through December 2018 D-1572 through D-1705 February 2019 through March 2019 D-1710 through D-1722 March 2019 D-1726 through D-1751 March 2019 through April 2019 D-1761 through D-1777 April 2019
About 1,100 units, as CPSC gives them.
Perfect Descent™ Auto Belays climbing devices.
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?
- Made by C3 Manufacturing LLC, Littleton, Colo.
- Aerial Adventure Technologies nationwide and online at www.perfectdescent.com from February 2017 through April 2019 for $1,800 and $2,100.
- Made in United States, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
None 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.
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.