Attn: Intex Pool Ladder Recall

[darenjones]

To all of you intex, easy set, and sun n sand pool owners!
The "sectional" pool ladders are being recalled.

http://www.intexcorp.com/bulletin/us/

This affects the 52, 48, and 42 inch pools x all diameters.
This only affects the 2 piece ladders, where you have to put the legs together with a coupling. This coupling can fail, and is reported by http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07147.html to have over 400 incidents of injury, including major lacerations requiring stitches!!!!!
Goto the above site, intex is sending free replacements!
This recall does not affect pools from 2007, or that have a label on the side stating a "300lb load capacity"