Even though zips have been around since T-rex roamed the earth, why can't they design ones which don't trap the fabric and get stuck? The big offenders are those on sleeping bags and raincoats.

And zips that look EXACTLY as they did when you last did them up, but now the tab goes up and the 2 sides of the zip fall open like they've never met. And it will never work again. For NO REASON.

Do your garments often catch ziphobia Jim?

Not here in Spain - not many zips around (button fly, you see...)
But my favourite Airwalk Parka let me down badly last winter...

It's when you cock up with a zip that it hurts

especially if you get the frank and the beans

How'd you get the beans above the frank?

Ban freaks?


These days I find the zip handles detach themselves from the runner bit.


I should really write a how-to on re-attaching them.


Also can't understand how my outside jacket zips up fine but is reluctant to zip down .