ARVA has issued a voluntary recall for its NEO BT PRO avalanche beacons due to a circuit board difficulty that might render the transceivers’ ship and search modes inactive. The model requested all prospects worldwide to right away cease utilizing their NEO BT PRO beacons and ship them in for inspection.
The NEO BT PRO was launched by ARVA in 2024. It’s a Bluetooth-compatible avalanche beacon that may connect with the ARVA app. That enables customers to arrange their transceiver, plan a ski outing, or observe rescues. The model boasts that the beacon’s 80m search strip is the “largest available on the market.”
In line with the model, a faulty electrical part within the NEO BT PRO’s circuit board leads to irregular battery consumption. In some instances, that has precipitated the beacon to restart, successfully deactivating the ship and search modes. As a precaution, all NEO BT PRO items launched since their launch have to be checked, the model mentioned.
When ARVA turned conscious of this difficulty, it inspected the model’s total inventory of NEO BT PRO avalanche beacons. As of Jan. 20, 2025, 0.4% of all inspected gadgets exhibited the issue.
The model issued its voluntary recall on Jan. 22, 2025, requesting all prospects with NEO BT PRO beacons cease utilizing them and mail them in for inspection. In case your beacon wants restore, ARVA will repair it and return it to you.
Sending Your ARVA NEO BT PRO Avalanche Beacon for Inspection
The steps to ship in your ARVA NEO BT PRO avalanche beacon are fairly easy. Go to the model’s recall webpage, and it’ll stroll you thru the method.
Mainly, you fill out a type, print out a free return label, package deal up your beacon, and drop it off on the publish workplace. ARVA will examine your beacon upon receipt, and if it wants restore, the model will make it. Then, your beacon is shipped again to you, able to go. On common, the model mentioned that processing instances are round 10 days.
Keep Conscious of Recollects, Verify Your Avi Beacons
For backcountry skiers, riders, snowmobilers, and snowshoers, beacons are sometimes an important piece of security gear they carry. Within the occasion of an avalanche burial, beacons emit indicators that may be picked up by others, main rescuers to the sufferer’s location. Most guides and guiding companies won’t allow you to ski within the backcountry with out sporting one.
Avalanche beacon remembers should not unusual. Lately, BCA, Black Diamond, and Mammut have all recalled beacons for numerous causes. Staying on high of beacon recall information is vital for anybody who is determined by their beacon within the backcountry.
It additionally helps to repeatedly test that your beacon is functioning with different backcountry skiers. Beacon checks are a fantastic pre-ski ritual to do with your folks. In addition they make it easier to preserve tabs on how effectively your beacon is working. Most producers suggest changing beacons each 4 to five years, as some parts have a tendency to wear down and/or cease working.
