Teeter EZ-Up Gravity Boots exercise equipment
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Feb 8, 2017. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
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- 1report to CPSC
- Feb 8, 2017the latest report was made
- Feb 8, 2017the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Teeter EZ-Up Gravity Boots
- Maker
- TEETER HANGUPMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Exercise equipmentCPSC’s product type: Exercise Equipment (code 3277), in Sports and Recreation: Track, Field & Exercise
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| February 2017 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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No one hurt Made Feb 8, 2017, sent to the company Feb 21, 2017, published by CPSC Mar 14, 2017
The product, in the report: One pair of Teeter EZ-Up Gravity Boots--used in conjunction with Teeter inversion table. Boots in question can be seen on manufacturer’s site at: http://teeter.com/Shop/Doorway-Inversion/EZ-Up-Gravity-Boots.html#.WJt6cX8WmPU
After 7 years of owning a pair of Teeter EZ-Up Gravity Boots, purchased online along with a [REDACTED] Sport Inversion Table on 10 January 2010, all four fastening ratchet straps on the boots broke on the same day, 3 Feb 2017, as I was trying to tighten them, one after the other. I’m glad I wasn’t hanging upside down when this breakage occurred. I sporadically use my Teeter inversion table and boots, far from on a daily basis, and haven’t abused the equipment. Over the 7 years of ownership, I’ve probably used the table no more than 50 or so times. Other than the straps breaking, the boots are in excellent condition and so is the table. No cracked plastic on the boots (other than the straps). No decaying foam liner on the boots. Points where the straps attach appear fine. The straps are easily removed. They simply slide out. I searched online for replacement straps available for purchase but found none. I finally called Teeter customer service on 8 Feb 2017 as a follow-up to an online problem report I filed with Teeter on 5 Feb 2017 about the strap breakage.
The Teeter customer rep I spoke with on 8 Feb 2017 was polite enough, but reminded me of the 5 year warranty and my boots being out of warranty. She told me I would have to send the boots in at my own expense, and the straps would be replaced at no cost. I asked her if straps could be sent to me instead, as I could easily insert them myself at connection point. She said that’s against company policy due to potential liability issues if something else is wrong with the boots. I politely declined the send in repair offer as I do not wish to incur the cost of shipping.
If these straps were made out of more durable plastic, perhaps a [synthetic fiber] mix, or were partially constructed of metal, the straps might not have dry rotted/snapped. As is and based on my breakage experience, the strap design material, prone to dry rot and breakage, poses a potential danger to the consumer after x amount of years and/or x amount of boot usage. Alternative, non-Teeter boots exist on the market that appear to be of better construction, at least when it comes to connection/tightening methods, and that’s what I will pursue.
Based on other Teeter boot owners who have posted negative online reviews of these boots due to strap breakage (amazon.com is one good source for these particular reviews), sometimes when the owner was hanging upside down on the table (my strap breakage is not a fluke), these boots appear to have a serious design flaw when it comes to the plastic strap fastening method. I suggest either changing the strap material to something more durable, or redesigning and implementing a hardier and more trustworthy connection/tightening system. At very least, Teeter should offer price friendly replacement straps for sale, especially to those of us for whom the warranty has run out, versus the owner having to send the boots to Teeter for strap replacement---something just about any owner of the boots could easily do him or herself. Also, at least based on my research, Teeter does not mention any potential danger of strap breakage in the product’s instructions or other information or otherwise recommend the straps be replaced after a given period of service.
- Model
- Teeter EZ-Up Gravity Boots SKU: #B11001
- Bought from
- betterhealthinnovations.com, Pennsylvania
- Bought
- Jan 10, 2010
- Where
- Stuart, Florida: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand Teeter EZ-Up Gravity Boots, made or sold by TEETER HANGUP
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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