Kidde Recalls Fire Extinguishers with Plastic Handles

[crimethink]

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2017/kidde-recalls-fire-extinguishers-with-plastic-handles-due-to-failure-to-discharge-and#

http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home-garden/article182251281.html

[madfranks]

When your fire extinguisher fails to discharge when you need it, that's a hell of a price to pay for a plastic handle!

[crimethink]

When your fire extinguisher fails to discharge when you need it, that's a hell of a price to pay for a plastic handle!

I thought that plastic handles/valves were a profit-generating measure from recent years, but these damned things have been made since 1973!

I wonder what the cost of this recall will be? Potentially 40,000,000+ extinguishers having to be replaced, with shipping both ways, cost of disposal, plus the extra staff to handle the process. Granted, a lot of them have been decommissioned long ago, and many people won't hear about this or won't bother.