Academy Sports + Outdoors is recalling its Magellan Odyssey Rocker Chairs—yes, the ones meant to make your campsite feel like a front‑porch fantasy—after discovering that the legs have an unfortunate tendency to snap. Not wobble. Not creak. Snap. The result is exactly what you’d expect: an abrupt, undignified drop and a very preventable injury risk.Roughly 35,300 chairs are affected, all from a mid‑2025 production run. They came in the usual outdoorsy palette—charcoal, olive green, navy, and teal—and each carries a tracking label stitched into the arm with “ACADEMY, LTD,” the number 177296, and a manufacture date of 07/2025 or 08/2025. If your chair matches that description, congratulations: you’ve won a refund.
The company announced the recall on January 22, 2026, urging consumers to stop using the chairs immediately. No heroic DIY fixes, no “just be careful”—just stop sitting in them and call it a day. Academy’s customer service line is open long hours to help owners confirm whether their rocker is part of the recall and to process refunds.
It’s a reminder that even the simplest piece of outdoor gear can turn into a headline when basic physics decides not to cooperate. Until replacements arrive, the safest rocking motion might be shaking your head at how a folding chair managed to become a fall hazard.
Rockers shouldn’t rock your world like this.
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