
API Outdoors Hunting Treestands
A cable that secures the treestand to the tree can break, posing the risk of falls and serious injuries to hunters.
- Fall
- About 9,000 units
- 2 reports
Brand
2 official CPSC notices naming API Outdoors, 2000–2002, across sports & outdoors.
Totals add up the figures the notices state, counting a reannounced recall once. A notice that gives no number adds nothing.
Every model number named in a API Outdoors recall, grouped by notice. Type the number from your product label.
8 model numbers
API Outdoors Hunting Treestands · 03-027 · 2002

A cable that secures the treestand to the tree can break, posing the risk of falls and serious injuries to hunters.

The seat of these devices can collapse, causing the consumer to fall to the ground and suffer injury.
The recall contact each official notice gives, newest first. Contacts can change after a notice is published; the notice itself is the final word.
As of October 1, 2026, CPSC has published 2 recall notices naming API Outdoors consumer products between 2000 and 2002, covering at least 63,000 units.
No. As of October 1, 2026, CPSC has published no recall notice naming API Outdoors consumer products in 2026. The most recent was announced October 30, 2002 (CPSC 03-027).
“CPSC, API Outdoors Announce Recall of Hunting Treestands and Treeseats” (CPSC 00-179), announced September 11, 2000: about 54,000 units.
Find the model number on the product's rating label, then type it into the model-number lookup on this page. A match means the number appears in an official CPSC notice; open that notice to confirm any date codes or serial ranges it lists. No match is not proof that a product is safe.
Each notice names its own recall contact; the contacts for every API Outdoors notice are listed on this page. For the most recent one, API Outdoors Hunting Treestands (CPSC 03-027), call (800) 228-4846.