**** ... zipper on backpack is busted .. golly
11-06-17, 03:57 PM
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**** ... zipper on backpack is busted .. golly
on my venerable Arc'teryx Spear 20
We had a german in-laws (ugh!) weekend and they gave me **** has a 6-year-old bag would have a zipper busted on it ... and we calculated (over many Hungarian schnapps) that 6 years of usage is about 6 x 300 days of use = 1800 days with between 3 and 5 zips per day ... so between 5400 and 9000 zips on the pouch where the keys go ...
IS THAT OK?
Arc'teryx will fix it for free ... however, I don't want to be without for 1 months with shipping to CA and back with the fix ... should I get it fixed locally without he waterproof zip
ugh ... what a problem :/
We had a german in-laws (ugh!) weekend and they gave me **** has a 6-year-old bag would have a zipper busted on it ... and we calculated (over many Hungarian schnapps) that 6 years of usage is about 6 x 300 days of use = 1800 days with between 3 and 5 zips per day ... so between 5400 and 9000 zips on the pouch where the keys go ...
IS THAT OK?
Arc'teryx will fix it for free ... however, I don't want to be without for 1 months with shipping to CA and back with the fix ... should I get it fixed locally without he waterproof zip
ugh ... what a problem :/
11-06-17, 04:38 PM
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11-06-17, 05:37 PM
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Broken or torn?
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11-06-17, 05:44 PM
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11-06-17, 06:31 PM
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Looks like the cut on my tire. How about filling in some shoe goo or super glue as several people advised re the tire? 
Or glue a piece of waterproof fabric?
(p.s. I bought sailcloth and cement for my tire cut, both unused, could offer to you
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Or glue a piece of waterproof fabric?(p.s. I bought sailcloth and cement for my tire cut, both unused, could offer to you
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11-06-17, 06:47 PM
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Try a luggage or shoe repair place... if that’s within your ascetic aesthetic. See if the price is worth the shortcut. Waterproof zippers aren’t proprietary but they might not be a stock item.
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I'd ship it back to the company, they'd fix it up right. In the meantime depending on finances borrow one, buy a cheapo at a discount/ thrift store, or best yet buy another good quality pack. Never hurts to have more than one.
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11-08-17, 11:03 AM
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