The college that I teach firefighting at purchased 30 MSA air packs in September. We bought the M7XT model, with 4500 PSI.
2 small volunteer departments near us also bought these, for a total of 30 between them, also being received in September. All these packs are in service.
We have had a number of issues at the college with these. We have had 7 Bypass knobs turn gritty and jam, not being able to open or close any longer. We had 1 strap completely lose its stitching and come apart at one end, and had 2 others with regulator issues. The straps twist very easy and get jammed or twisted around on a daily basis. Our packs here are used a lot and are used quite hard.
I checked with the smaller departments near us and neither has had any issues. at least up until the time I spoke with them.
What also concerns me, is the department that I work full time with, has 500 packs on order, and I am fearful that we might be getting a whole lot of problems.
Does anyone here have any experience with these packs or know of departments that have them? What are the issues, if any, and are they similar to ours?
I would appreciate any and all comments on these packs. When speaking with the manufacturer's representative, they said they have no other issues such as these that they are aware of. Perhaps it is just a bad batch of a particular part, and there will be a recall to fix.
2 small volunteer departments near us also bought these, for a total of 30 between them, also being received in September. All these packs are in service.
We have had a number of issues at the college with these. We have had 7 Bypass knobs turn gritty and jam, not being able to open or close any longer. We had 1 strap completely lose its stitching and come apart at one end, and had 2 others with regulator issues. The straps twist very easy and get jammed or twisted around on a daily basis. Our packs here are used a lot and are used quite hard.
I checked with the smaller departments near us and neither has had any issues. at least up until the time I spoke with them.
What also concerns me, is the department that I work full time with, has 500 packs on order, and I am fearful that we might be getting a whole lot of problems.
Does anyone here have any experience with these packs or know of departments that have them? What are the issues, if any, and are they similar to ours?
I would appreciate any and all comments on these packs. When speaking with the manufacturer's representative, they said they have no other issues such as these that they are aware of. Perhaps it is just a bad batch of a particular part, and there will be a recall to fix.
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