Following on from this thread.....http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=60454 and this http://www.britishblades.com/forums...epair-anyone-used-a-ZlideOn&highlight=zlideon
Well I got one, I was apprehensive when I first came across it when searching for zip repairs on the net. I thought it looked a good idea, almost too good to be true, but was puzzled as why I hadn't heard of it before, hence my original post.
You can get them for all sorts of zip types, plastic, metal, coil etc; the crucial point is to get the right size, how to measure is on the web site, nicely shown with a digital caliper, but not everyone has one of these, including me. I used an old wooden caliper but carefull measuring with a tape should suffice, you need the zip width and height. Armed with these two measurements you can then look up the correct Zlideon.
It arrived this morning and I am glad to say that within a minute I had the broken slider off and the Zlideon fitted, zip now in working order. The instructions are clearly laid out on the web site and it worked a treat.
I've now saved myself a few quid as I reckon it would have been around £20 to get it replaced + fuel or postage (not many tailors near here).
The Zlideons are available from http://www.tentspares.co.uk/ They work out about £8 inc. postage.
The Zlideon web site is http://www.zlideon.eu.com/
Clever idea (wish i'd thought of it) and does what it says on the can! If it fails or I have a problem with it I will update this thread.
Just measure carefully.
Right, I'm off to measure another broken zip now
Well I got one, I was apprehensive when I first came across it when searching for zip repairs on the net. I thought it looked a good idea, almost too good to be true, but was puzzled as why I hadn't heard of it before, hence my original post.
You can get them for all sorts of zip types, plastic, metal, coil etc; the crucial point is to get the right size, how to measure is on the web site, nicely shown with a digital caliper, but not everyone has one of these, including me. I used an old wooden caliper but carefull measuring with a tape should suffice, you need the zip width and height. Armed with these two measurements you can then look up the correct Zlideon.
It arrived this morning and I am glad to say that within a minute I had the broken slider off and the Zlideon fitted, zip now in working order. The instructions are clearly laid out on the web site and it worked a treat.
I've now saved myself a few quid as I reckon it would have been around £20 to get it replaced + fuel or postage (not many tailors near here).
The Zlideons are available from http://www.tentspares.co.uk/ They work out about £8 inc. postage.
The Zlideon web site is http://www.zlideon.eu.com/
Clever idea (wish i'd thought of it) and does what it says on the can! If it fails or I have a problem with it I will update this thread.
Just measure carefully.
Right, I'm off to measure another broken zip now
