Pretty hazardous piece of equipment in that sense
937606
The knife doesn't stay locked into place when the blade is out on mine. Pretty hazardous piece of equipment in that sense.
3103641
WARNING! This thing works great but if you get your finger caught in the area where the wheels fold it can be very dangerous. I'm surprise someone hasn't lost a finger with this thing
156128
I bought this press to use on my outdoor griddle... primarily for cooking bacon. Ultimately it serves that purpose well, but there were some serious issues I had to deal with... one of which is a safety concern.

Fresh out of the package I expected to spend some time cleaning this new cast iron tool. That turned out to be a one hour chore that most folks may not have been able perform effectively without serious tools and chemicals. The country of origin is identified on the box: CHINA. That's no surprise. 90% of all cast iron cooking implements sold in the USA today are made in CHINA. Thorough cleaning before use is essential to rid the piece of nasty chemicals and heavy metal compounds used in the casting process. I used an industrial strength degreaser with hot water and a scrub brush. I followed that with a thorough scrubbing with chlorine bleach and a final wash with dishwashing liquid. After rinsing with cold water I wiped the piece dry with a terry towel. The towel turned BLACK. I repeated the above steps with the same final result.

Having retired from classic car restoration, I have a fairly well equipped shop. I used a wire wheel to brush all surfaces of the press until it looked shiny-clean. If I still had a sandblaster, I would have used it on this press. After wire brushing I repeated the chlorine bleach cleaning process and again wiped it dry with a terry towel. There was still evidence of dark grey soil coming off the press. Finally I "sterilized" the bottom of the press by placing it on a lit stove burner, moving it occasionally to get the bottom thoroughly scorched. After air cooling, I repeated the degreaser/chlorine scrubs and rinsing. Finally I had a clean press that could contact food without concerns.

Not until I actually used the press on the griddle did I realize that there is a safety issue with the design of this press. The wood handle is attached to cast iron brackets in such a way that the chef must be careful not to touch the handle at its ends. A serious burn could result very quickly. Wearing oven mitts while working on the griddle would mitigate this risk... but a more thoughtful design of the handle attachment would make this a better product.

This is not a complex tool. It shouldn't be difficult to design and build one that earns a 5-star rating. This particular item has enough serious problems right out of the box that I could not recommend it to anyone.
789456
Actually, I liked it pretty well for several nights until I got around to reading the warnings. They are on the box, in small print, and on an insert in the box.
It turned out I was sleeping on a dangerous device. It can catch fire, apparently rather easily since the warning says to keep it away from "naked lights". If it does burn it will "burn rapidly, releasing great heat and consuming oxygen at a high rate" which may "present danger of suffocation" and releasing "hazardous gases" that can be "incapacitating or fatal to human beings." If torn, the pillow may release its tiny beads which, "present a choking hazard". If some of the beads should be inhaled, the warning directs you to "seek medical attention". The pillow must always be used with its "Bonus Pillow Cover", should not be used by anyone under 14, should be kept away from infants, children, pets, heat and sharp objects. If damaged, the pillow must be discarded. I'm going to discard it now, before it gets me, or my grandson, or my dog.
3251561
Does what it says it does, but is a VERY delicate device and requires careful handling.
4381666
As soon as I read this unit can cause a fire, I sent it immediately back. There are no safety devices on this unit. It could tip over and cause a fire...really? Really. I don't know what I was thinking...
4478277
This is a poorly made product and a death trap. it is dangerous to use.
376077
Not super safe...  The fist time my husband used this heater, he got carbon monoxide poisoning, but the safety features probably saved his life.  He used it in negative degree weather inside a tent.  The heater was on low, and in rolling around in his sleep, he accidentally  covered up the vent in the bottom of the tent.  He woke up gasping for breath, with a headache and vomiting.  As a precaution, he had a carbon monoxide detector in the tent with him, but it did not go off.  After regaining his bearings (the next morning), he checked the Mr. Heater and it had turned itself off, presumably from the low oxygen sensor.  We had intended to use this heater when taking the baby camping with us.  I will never trust it for that purpose now.  It is a great heater in general, and we will use it as an outdoor heater in the garage...with the door open.
2609695
Gets the job done... WITH A HORRIBLE DEATH NOISE!
872211
they are dangerous.  you must be in a very open space and there can be NO wind or it can go into flames before it gets out of your hands
3236394
This thing does what it does, but it can be dangerous. Before we get into the danger, first of all if you wear glasses this thing isn't ideal. You won't be able to see the whole frame unless you roll your eyeball around. Luckily most cameras have a diopter adjustment, but the magnifier isn't aspherical and it gives you a bit of a fish-eye look and it's a bit soft in the corners. Not 100% ideal for manual focusing.

If you shoot in crowds like I often do this could be a very dangerous thing. I was photographing a rock show and a stagediver kicked the front of my 14-24 and D700 into my face and I ended up with 7 stitches in my eyebrow, a laceration on the bridge of my nose, and a black eye. Had the angle been different I could have lost my eye.

If you're just wandering around shooting birds or whatever it's probably fine, but danger is lurking around every corner...
233116
My crazy friend at work is always willing to taze himself in the interest of product reviews :-).  This divide is small and portable but just too small and wimpy to do any good.  My buddy held on his leg for a number of seconds and then on his arm for a sustained period of time.  Some stinging pain but no muscle paralysis or twitching.  This thing is a toy.  I would not give it to my GF for personal safety.  The zapping noise might give an attacker second thoughts but if you used in on someone it would probably just piss them off.  I almost feel it would do more harm than good by giving a false sense of security
1491145
I've never written a review here before but I thought people should know there are a lot of problems with this equipment. I'll try to be brief.  Thin, soft metal throughout that is insufficiently fastened.  The foot plate bends when you step on it.  The dip assembly yields at least an inch when you lean on the pads, and the main post actually twists. Turn to the side to do obliques and you wonder if the sorry welding is about to crack and drop your pelvis to the floor. Also, it's so light that it slides away from you if you step on the foot plate from the side and lean towards the pads (as you would for oblique crunches). The plastic feet are not helpful in that regard. This thing shimmies side to side, back and forth, up and down - in addition to bending at all points of contact with your body - feet, hands, or hips.  You adjust to keep balance in the exercise, then you realize you are balancing to keep the equipment from falling apart while you are still on it.  This thing is an unsafe piece of junk.
730147
Seems to work, but runs very hot, so it's either really inefficient, dangerous, or both.  Even if it doesn't burn your house down, I bet it'll burn up internally pretty quickly if you use it much.  I also see no indication that it has passed any type of safety inspection/criteria (e.g. no CE, UL, etc.).
2473913
This works like it says - but beware the first time you use it - the wind up mechanism for the band can spin at a VERY rapid rate and really put your fingers into some serious hurt!  I learned to always treat that mechanism like an open fire and it works great - but it is still something a tad scary - and I won't let my children help with this task even though they keep asking (because it looks fun).
2063151
Way too loud, a bit weak in its apparent durability, had issues filling it but resolved. Still this thing will let the planes overhead know they're in the way if you blow this as they're passing. I don't think a car will realize it's coming from a bike and I think lawsuits could ensue if used behind an unsuspecting pedestrian that will surely soil themselves, but STILL I give this device accolades for being a non battery operated alerting mechanism that can immediately scare the begeeze out of a cement truck driver while he's blaring hip hop full blast with the windows up. Otherwise not very practical. imho.
3990854
DANGER! Device is very dangerous. Thankfully I have quick reflexes and was able to prevent a fire/explosion. Immediately upon connecting a power source the device started to smoke and the capacitors got very hot. This is rather unusual for DROK devices (I have several other devices from them and in general I like their products).