Nearly 10,000 users of the popular Fitbit Force have complained about skin irritation after wearing the wearable and 250 reported even blisters to get through the bracelet. In the recall, the company behind the Fitbit, that it is ‘a small percentage of users’ involved.
Figures from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, where Fitbit in the recall are pending to make, shows that a total of 9900 people have complaints submitted about irritated skin, while a further 250 users blisters were, writes Engadget.
In total, the recall of a million-selling Fitbit-wearables in the US and another 28,000 or in Canada. The Consumer Product Safety Commission requires that the maker of the action explicitly communicates to customers, but Fitbit has still barely done since the beginning of the recall in February. Fitbit promises in the coming weeks for all users to e-mail us about the possibility of the wearable to send back. They then get back the full purchase price.
At the beginning of this year showed that the Fitbit Force wristband, which for fitnesstracking is used, the irritation of sugar. After research of the company, it has not proved to be the battery or electronic components, but an allergic reaction to the nickel in the alloy of stainless steel is processed. Fitbit is very successful with his wearables, and the news comes at a bad time. The market for wearables is on the verge of huge growth, but this is coupled with increasing competition from giants such as Sony, Samsung and perhaps Google and Apple.
