Counterfeit Petzl products are not a new phenomenon.
Over the years, Petzl has discovered counterfeits or copies of several of its products:
- counterfeit headlamps with the Petzl logo, including headlamps from the TIKKA and MYO lines
- counterfeit copies of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) without the Petzl logo, such as ASCENSION handled ascenders, the ASAP, etc.
To our knowledge, these are the only four Petzl products that we have found to be identical counterfeits.
It will be very difficult for you to identify these fakes. They have been reproduced in a way that makes them very difficult to identify and nearly identical to the authentic product.
No other Petzl PPE products are concerned by identical counterfeits (with Petzl logo).
Petzl recently discovered Chinese counterfeit versions of these products. These counterfeit products have serious defects that affect their performance and strength.
The counterfeit products do not meet UIAA or CE safety standards.
This counterfeit Petzl Attache M35 SL ascender suffered a major axis break at a 13kN.
(Requirement = 20kN)
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