RECCO® Expanding Reach To Equip New Summer Products With RECCO® Technology

The worldwide RECCO® network is expanding as more and more brands announce new products for summer 2019 that include RECCO® rescue technology. Leading outdoor brands are unveiling their latest outdoor equipment this week at the midsummer OutDoor Show in Friedrichshafen, Germany, with many featuring RECCO® reflectors.

Based on technology to aid in avalanche rescue efforts, RECCO® is actively expanding its offering to summer-oriented activities such as mountain biking, hiking, trail running, paragliding, and alpinism.

The RECCO® Helicopter Detector enables rescuers to search and scan large areas from the air to locate missing persons equipped with RECCO® reflectors. The RECCO® Helicopter Detector was announced in 2015 and has been undergoing extensive development and implementation at heli bases in Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, and Norway. The technology is now in active service in Zermatt and the Valais region in Switzerland, as well as in the Dolomites and the Aosta Valley regions in Italy, with plans to expand to new regions.

“Each year we spend considerable resources on rescue missions looking for missing people. The RECCO® Helicopter Detector will be useful for those missions. For us, lost hikers, mushroom pickers, etcetera, in lower forest areas are a frequent problem,” -Adriano Favre, President of the rescue organization Soccorso Alpino Valdostano in Aosta Valley

Product highlights to be unveiled featuring RECCO® reflectors include the Haglöfs Grym Evo Jacket, a tough, technical, and environmentally friendly three-layer shell jacket. Mountain bikers will look forward to the POC TECTAL RACE SPIN, a helmet for enduro racing featuring a lightweight design. The Tatonka Kings Peak RECCO is a lightweight touring rucksack designed for backpacking and hiking. Paragliders will rejoice over the Skywalk CULT4 and RANGE X-ALPS2 harnesses, designed for performance and comfort in the air.

In addition to this wide range of upcoming outdoor products, leading brands such as Ortovox, Grivel, Ferrino, Montura, Bergans, Beal, Boeri, Frauenschuh are also integrating RECCO® technology into their upcoming product lines.

“At Haglöfs, we integrate RECCO® reflectors into our finest products that are designed for people who walk longer and climb higher because being exhausted can challenge our focus and increase the risk of being exposed to danger. RECCO® technology simplifies the work for the rescuers in the case of an accident, and at Haglöfs we care about the safety of our customers. When we find a technology that really works, the choice is easy.” -Robert Olsson, Senior Designer at Haglöfs.