1,300 Playground Slides Recalled After Two Children Lost Their Fingers - Polidicks

[QUOTE=SirJon;51504095]and also cost -2 fingers [editline]9th December 2016[/editline] [/QUOTE] If the slides were built to spec, there would not be a problem. This is not a fault of the design but instead either operator error or manufacturing

[QUOTE=Ajacks;51503828]Pfft, back in my day play places were wooden monstrosities held together with hornets. No forgiving recycled rubber padded floors, what's a few fingers here and there? That's atrocious build quality though if those welds would come apart like that. You think they'd just run a bead down the entire run just for the longevity. [editline]9th December 2016[/editline] Longer lasting. Plastic ones tend to crack and break through the hard thaw cycles that a lot of the US sees. After 20 years a plastic slide is going to really need replaced. I've seen stainless slides that have been in use for 60 years and longer at some parks here.[/QUOTE] You see, these metal ones are intelligently designed. During the summer when all the kids are out to play, they become hotter than the surface of the sun. Helps build their resistance to heat in preparation for climate change. Plastic slides just don't work like that: get them too hot and they'll just melt.

I remember when I slid on one of these sure it was made of plastic and nothing like that horror but you could still end up burning your fingers if you weren't careful.

Let's ignore the fact that they completely fucked up the welds, let me ask you a question. Why would they use stainless steel instead of, oh I don't know.... Plastic? A material durable enough for the role that won't fucking saw your hand off if it gets caught on something. And most likely infinitely cheaper. If you're trying to shave off prices and avoid shaving off digits, why not use a cheaper material?

[QUOTE=fredstin22;51503816]Why would you make them out of stainless steel? Why not plastic?[/QUOTE] Only if you want to become a mobile tesla coil after sliding down. Good times, no one wants to come close to you after sliding down for fear of getting static shocked :v:.

[QUOTE=Blade Rx69;51504389]Plastic slides just don't work like that: get them too hot and they'll just melt.[/QUOTE] At the same time, plastic slides generate a lot of static and touching the metal bolts on the way down the slide that constantly shocks you helps you build up an immunity to elecricity. The ones like [URL="http://previews.123rf.com/images/chingyunsong/chingyunsong1205/chingyunsong120500032/13785283-Plastic-slide-for-small-children-and-Bright-colorful-playground-at-a-park-Stock-Photo.jpg"]the one on the left[/URL] specifically.

[QUOTE=ScottyWired;51503779]Image from the official statement [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/rbRVT2r.jpg[/IMG] I cringed really hard seeing this. NOW I understand how a slide could cause amputation[/QUOTE] Imagine seeing your finger slide down that and having the entire slide covered in blood :( [editline]9th December 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=kloaz;51504779]At the same time, plastic slides generate a lot of static and touching the metal bolts on the way down the slide that constantly shocks you helps you build up an immunity to elecricity. The ones like [URL="http://previews.123rf.com/images/chingyunsong/chingyunsong1205/chingyunsong120500032/13785283-Plastic-slide-for-small-children-and-Bright-colorful-playground-at-a-park-Stock-Photo.jpg"]the one on the left[/URL] specifically.[/QUOTE] An immunity to electricity? What the fuck? [editline]9th December 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=JerryAnderson;51504562]Let's ignore the fact that they completely fucked up the welds, let me ask you a question. Why would they use stainless steel instead of, oh I don't know.... Plastic? A material durable enough for the role that won't fucking saw your hand off if it gets caught on something. And most likely infinitely cheaper. If you're trying to shave off prices and avoid shaving off digits, why not use a cheaper material?[/QUOTE] Plastic slides are garbage. The friction between my clothes and the slide was always so much that I wouldn't even move

[QUOTE=kloaz;51504779]At the same time, plastic slides generate a lot of static and touching the metal bolts on the way down the slide that constantly shocks you helps you build up an immunity to elecricity. The ones like [URL="http://previews.123rf.com/images/chingyunsong/chingyunsong1205/chingyunsong120500032/13785283-Plastic-slide-for-small-children-and-Bright-colorful-playground-at-a-park-Stock-Photo.jpg"]the one on the left[/URL] specifically.[/QUOTE] they should also ban cats, one time our cat had built ton of static electricity and hit me across my eyes with his electric attack tail, god damn that hurt. [editline]9th December 2016[/editline] It feels so stupid to be a 90's kid who grew up in the countryside where I could have killed myself like 10 times a day for doing stupid things.

I'm guessing it's separating from kids jumping half down the slide for ~max speed gainz~ and popping off the spot at that location.

[QUOTE=Radical_ed;51505257]I'm guessing it's separating from kids jumping half down the slide for ~max speed gainz~ and popping off the spot at that location.[/QUOTE] when they banned slides that have more than 40 inches below them to the ground I fucking lost it.

[QUOTE=SebiWarrior;51504072]are you for real how is this allowed[/QUOTE] those sick corporate PIGS would do ANYTHING for a quick BUCK these days smh smh

Follow our example and use plastic slides only.

[QUOTE=JerryAnderson;51504562]Let's ignore the fact that they completely fucked up the welds, let me ask you a question. Why would they use stainless steel instead of, oh I don't know.... Plastic? A material durable enough for the role that won't fucking saw your hand off if it gets caught on something. And most likely infinitely cheaper. If you're trying to shave off prices and avoid shaving off digits, why not use a cheaper material?[/QUOTE] theoretically higher weight limit for when drunk college kids inevitably try to use it at 3 in the morning (speaking from experience here) and plastic rots in the sun so has little longevity. it's probably an abnormal condition that causes this, like shock loading from kids jumping off and landing halfway down the slide in an attempt to gain some extra speed. the drunk college kids are too out of shape (and stumbly) to do that, so they might put 220 pounds of constant load on it compared to say a 60 pound kid would put about 400 pounds of load on it assuming a 1 meter drop. you also gotta take into account that the 220 pound drunk college student has a bigger ass than the 60 pound kid so the forces are more spread out, whereas the kid's little ass hitting the slide pinpoints the force in much the same way that brass knuckles work [editline]10th December 2016[/editline] never thought I'd compare a kid's butt to brass knuckles gotta say

I'd be more terrified of the potential of de-gloving my own finger rather than an amputation.

The good news is that stainless steel slides get so hot in the summer you can cauterize the wound on them when your finger gets cut off.

I feel really bad for those kids. Can't even slide a damn slide without losing body parts.

[QUOTE=butre;51503982]design yeah, cost not so much. the tooling to stamp out a big piece of stainless steel would be obscenely expensive compared to just rolling the lip and welding it all together. I don't think they have the sales volume for one specific slide design to justify spending millions of dollars on hydroforming equipment of that scale just to have a slide design that can't be height adjusted to suit the application.[/QUOTE] Then shoddy quality control here imo.

Maybe the replaced slides will come with an optional spike pit, to complement the slicing and cooking features they originally came with.

So this is why parents are so worried about childrens' safety these days. I'd be pretty scared for my kids too if I knew they were going down the deli-slicer from hell.

I take it this company didn't test their products before making them? Personally, I'd just cast the entire slide instead of spot welding it.

Time for a lawsuit.

[QUOTE=Sims_doc;51516738]I take it this company didn't test their products before making them? Personally, I'd just cast the entire slide instead of spot welding it.[/QUOTE] yeah good idea let's make it weigh 700 pounds