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American, United, Delta, British Airways all ban “hoverboards”
On Friday, three major US airlines’ ban against so-called "hoverboards" goes into effect. American, United, and Delta banned the devices on Thursday out of concern that their lithium ion batteries could be a fire hazard on a flight. According to the Los Angeles Times, British Airways will also reject the self-balancing devices. In a statement, Delta said that it had "reviewed hoverboard product specifications and found that manufacturers do not consistently provide detail about… (arstechnica.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The picture of the one in the mall, reminded me of an incident I saw when stationed in Nam. Trying to put the fire out on magnesium brake on An A1e Skyraider with water just didn't happen, until the fire department showed up with foam that extinguish the flames.
This is a good opportunity to call out and expose those whop designed this product and ask them what it was they were thinking about.
That's right! At least, security comes first. And, as said in the article, ...manufacturers do not consistently provide detail... What am I thinking about this? WHY is it the manufacturers don't provide important details?
From arstechnica;
'The main reason of the suddenly-popular scooters overheating and eventually exploding or catching on fire is believed to be the low-quality Li-ion batteries installed by Chinese manufacturers. Due to a legal kerfuffle between patent holders, the market was seen as open and unregulated by a number of sellers who ordered the hoverboards in bulk from China, cutting corners on quality control.'
Well, who'd have thunk that the Chinese manufacturing industry is capable of constantly producing low quality products, with poor or no QC, and whose specifications relating to capabilities, are straight-out lies??
In addition, you can also expect your Chinese product manufacturer to consistently lie about their product fully complying with the relevant National Standards of any Western industrialised country.
It's little wonder that the Chinese President is currently pursuing a major campaign against corruption, bribery, fraud, and criminality, right throughout China. It's long overdue.
The book entitled, "Poorly Made in China", may be quite a number of years old now, but it's still very relevant, despite the Chinese protests that it's not.
'The main reason of the suddenly-popular scooters overheating and eventually exploding or catching on fire is believed to be the low-quality Li-ion batteries installed by Chinese manufacturers. Due to a legal kerfuffle between patent holders, the market was seen as open and unregulated by a number of sellers who ordered the hoverboards in bulk from China, cutting corners on quality control.'
Well, who'd have thunk that the Chinese manufacturing industry is capable of constantly producing low quality products, with poor or no QC, and whose specifications relating to capabilities, are straight-out lies??
In addition, you can also expect your Chinese product manufacturer to consistently lie about their product fully complying with the relevant National Standards of any Western industrialised country.
It's little wonder that the Chinese President is currently pursuing a major campaign against corruption, bribery, fraud, and criminality, right throughout China. It's long overdue.
The book entitled, "Poorly Made in China", may be quite a number of years old now, but it's still very relevant, despite the Chinese protests that it's not.
And they have a plethora of rival countries exporting crap too. For decades the japs held that crown but China is now the undisputed king.
I can't understand why cpsc has not taken these off the market? We had some at the office to evaluate and they are cheaply made, and the battery system is a fire waiting to kill someone.