The batch number is located on the metal plate that is riveted to the stand. The recalled stands have a batch number that ends in “17,” including 5X-1017, X-1517, and 5X-5317.
The recall involves two models of climbing treestands - Silent Adrenaline (Model XSCT334) and Apache (Model XSCT355). The company has received 5 reports of the cable separating, resulting in 2 injuries involving bone fractures. On November 4, X-Stand Treestands, of Lakeville, Minnesota, recalled thousands of climbing treestands due to a corrosion problem in the cable assemblies that poses a fall hazard. If you or a loved one is among the 500,000 hunters expected to hunt this season, check to see if your stand has been recalled. Unless you’re in a signal-starved environment, we wouldn’t hesitate to recommend the Xtand as a convenient and attractive mounting solution for the iPhone 3G.Treestands are essential for many hunters who participate in firearms deer season, which begins this weekend in Minnesota. We saw at most a marginal single-bar decrease in iPhone 3G signal strength when using Xtand, but location appeared to be more of a factor than interference from the stand itself. Our previously noted caveat regarding the potential for interference and other issues remains however, when used with the newer plastic-bodied iPhone 3G model, you can expect less of a chance of unusual battery discharge or wireless interference. Now selling for $40, the Xtand for iPhone + iPhone 3G is a better value than its predecessor, and in our view merits a higher rating as a consequence. Compatibility is accomplished through removable rubber feet that match the different curves of the two devices everything else about the package remains the same.Įxcept for the price. Updated August 18, 2008: Xtand for iPhone + iPhone 3Gįollowing our review and the subsequent release of the iPhone 3G, Just Mobile released an updated version of the Xtand designed to accommodate both the original iPhone and its sequel. We’ll be hoping for an even more affordable version to emerge for the iPhone 3G, and potentially for the iPod touch as well. The $50 price tag isn’t going to be right for all users, as it’s steep for an iPhone holder with no data, audio, or video functionality, especially given that the device it supports has already been discontinued, but we strongly preferred its looks and functionality to Thought Out’s earlier PED3. In all honesty, we wouldn’t want to see Xtand change too much-Just Mobile’s design is a winner on looks and convenience, and definitely something we’d use on our own desks. Our feeling is that future Xtand could be designed to further cut the use of metal around an iPhone’s antennas, precluding wireless interference. We wondered whether the iPhone’s back had come in contact temporarily with the unpadded center point of the X-shaped cradle, but couldn’t be certain. As the X-shaped cradle exposes most of the iPhone’s plastic antenna chamber, but does obscure its corners slightly, it appears that the metal may under some conditions present an issue-however, after days of continued attempts to let the problem reoccur, it didn’t. Once, when the iPhone was placed in the cradle, we noticed that the battery was discharging at a surprising rate-something that can happen when the cellular antenna is struggling to make or maintain a connection with a local phone tower. The only issue we experienced during testing of Xtand was one that we couldn’t reproduce a second time. Xtand was clearly engineered with considerable thought and precision everything just works. In other words, your iPhone is as useful inside Xtand as it is in your hand, but more conveniently mounted for viewing and other tabletop use. The rubber corners hold the iPhone properly while providing access to all of the ports and controls, including the speakerphone and Dock Connector, headphone port and volume buttons. Just Mobile’s design, while clearly heavily influenced by Apple’s, offers iPhone users the opportunity to completely match the look of Apple’s desktop machines with what can look like a miniature monitor for video or widescreen album browsing, shifting effortlessly to a vertical mode appropriate to most of the iPhone’s other features. There’s very little to complain about in Xtand’s execution.
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