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Statistics: Posted by sick boy — Fri Oct 21, 2016 1:31 am
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Agreed about YKK and RiRi. RiRi are beautiful and often smooth but I've had a few that were pretty tricky (especially on a Shellac coat with double zips). I mostly find stock YKKs flimsy in comparison to the nicer (Lampo, Lumina)/more utilitarian stuff (Universal, Talon). Most of my nicer clothes with zips seem to have done away with them.
Getting ready to send off an old (1989) pair of CDG pants to my friend - found a neat zipper I've never heard of: Y-ZIP. Pretty smooth, it's nice! Wonder if they went outta biz.
Statistics: Posted by trasparenti — Wed Aug 31, 2016 12:00 am
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Anyways...
Riri zips: Got them on Shellac (cargo pocket), Zam Barrett (hoodie), Julius, Odyn Vovk (hoodie). A pleasure to work with, except the Odyns. Those are painful to zip. Yucko.
Lampo: Zam Barrett (hoodie), Diet Butcher Slim Skin (coat). Love them on my DBSS, though they're a bit bumpy. The Zams have since been replaced for Riri since they broke (first outright breakage for me)
Excella: Love. Beginning to fail on my Guidis (boots), but those boots are old as all heck. A love affair on my Devoas (pants, jacket), though.
Standard YKK/Ykk 45 (Julius gasmasks): meh. Whatever. I want something better. It looks and feels small and flimsy compared to the rest of the hardware.
Statistics: Posted by Vaeltaja — Tue Aug 30, 2016 7:21 am
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also shout out to the Lumina zips
definitely my favorite of all stock zippers I've used. So smooth and the teeth come apart/together so easily. Don't wear much with zippers but the Lumina is a pleasure
Statistics: Posted by trasparenti — Mon Aug 29, 2016 10:33 pm
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Salmi double zipper on my M65:
Greatest zipper puls of all time: Maharishi (pull one to find out why)
Statistics: Posted by bels — Mon Mar 28, 2016 1:40 pm
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found a pair of trousers at an outlet with ideal zips on the fly and the primary hip pockets (yes i bought them because double front pockets l o l) and i quite like the pulls. the actual action is... kind of coarse? an odd roughness to them, but it feels INCREDIBLY beefy. i quite like.
Statistics: Posted by Julio — Mon Mar 28, 2016 9:52 am
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I like the conmar zips on RC stuff. not super smooth but very solid
Statistics: Posted by ramseames — Sun Mar 13, 2016 10:41 pm
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raf (smiling)
Statistics: Posted by kyung — Sun Mar 13, 2016 10:23 pm
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Statistics: Posted by trasparenti — Sun Mar 13, 2016 10:13 pm
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Statistics: Posted by CMYK — Sun Mar 13, 2016 11:45 am
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Zipper talk! Zipper pulls, tabs, deets, probs, info. Post pics of your favorite zips/pulls/fasteners
YKK
probably the most well-known of the branded zips, YKK is a Japanese company that's been the industry standard for decades.
One of their higher-end models, the Lumina is part of the Excella line of high-end zips. I believe it's YKK's answer to RiRi
RiRI
European company that makes expensive, quality zippers. Often seen on luxury garments and gothy brands. Pricey
Talon
American company. I've seen their zips on all kinds of styles of stuff. Japanese brands love vintage Talon zips, like Nonnative and NBHD. I believe they are credited as the first brand to produce the zipper and make it as popular as it is now. Now defunct.
Universal
MIA zips, I believe they're still around. Unrelated with Talon, which was called Universal before changing its name.
Waldes
Another Japanese company. Unlike YKK, I think all of their zips are made in Japan. Very popular with workwear garms
Crown
American company, also defunct. Zippers were suuuuuuper tuff.
Lampo
Euro brand, sometimes (perhaps unfairly) referred to as a lesser RiRi. Still pretty nice, definitely a step above generic YKK
Rey
Spanish company, I think. Lots of simple zippers, nothing too fancy.
IPI
European brand. dunno much about them other than that Prada uses them sometimes.
Lenzip
Strong, custom zippers made in USA. Sometimes seen on Schotts.
Statistics: Posted by trasparenti — Sun Mar 13, 2016 7:48 am
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