well shit...

[Bedheadred]

The zipper on my sleeping bag broke. And I'm leaving Wednesday morning and will be camping for the next month at least so I need to fix it asap. Anyone have any advice? I hate zippers.

 

[landpirate]

velcro? or I once sewed mine shut because the zip broke, it was a bit of a pain to get in and out but it still kept me warm.

 

[spectacular]

You can always sew it up to a comfortable length and then slip in from the top. Or you can use it as a blanket.

 

[WanderLost Radical]

if you dont have time to repair it, you could always buy an extra one in a fabric shop and just sew it on top of the old one?

 

[wizehop]

Id just say don't worry about it. Iv'e been there before, and its not the end of the world not being able to zip up. If its really bugging you just go to a seamstress and they'll fix you right up.

 

[landpirate]

just putting it out there but good zips are expensive, I'm not joking it could actually cost more than replacing your sleeping bag (unless you have a super expensive sleeping bag)

 

[Odin]

Can your sleeping bag open up completely flat... or close enough?
Then lay down at one edge of the material... and roll yourself up like a Fantastic French crepe'.



At least that's how I woke up this morning. ::eyepatch::


Also, if you have some pliers or something you could try squeezing and adjusting the zipper slider (if it's the slider thats the problem...)




so it binds the uh...teeth? together better when you try to close it.
Or you can try scavenge a new slider from somewhere/anywhere else.

Good luck.

 

[Bedheadred]

Wow, way more help than I expected to get! Thank you everyone. I'm gonna try pliers and if that doesn't work just sew it up so I can still get in comfortably.

 

[Desperado Deluxe]

What's wrong with it? might be an easy fix.
Sometimes its all a manner of un-hemming the base of the zipper. Realigning it and re-sewing the base again.

 

[Bedheadred]

What's wrong with it? might be an easy fix.

The slider is messed up so I was gonna try to use pliers to push it back together per @Odins advice

 

[Odin]

Ahhh... be careful though. Depends on how tough the slider is... could end up breaking it. Kinda like when you bend a piece of wire back and forth till it snaps.

 

[psychofoamer]

Most of my time on the road I had a broken zipper on my sleeping bag. It was never that big of a deal at all.

 

[Desperado Deluxe]

I hate zippers for as many of them as I've fixed.
Hence a rucksack.

 

[Kim Chee]

I almost always only used blankets on the road (even in the cold).
Never had a zipper fail and the damn things are almost everywhere.

Not warm enough? Use two.

 

[Brother X]

Happened to my mummy bag once when I was hiking in high altitudes. I used bungie cords to keep it snug around me.

 

[Dmac]

you could put ties or toggles(loop and buttons) or snaps every foot or so along the edge. my current bag has a zipper with a flap that has snaps on it. the snaps are nice when it is too hot to use the zipper.

 

[Desperado Deluxe]

you could put ties or toggles(loop and buttons) or snaps every foot or so along the edge. my current bag has a zipper with a flap that has snaps on it. the snaps are nice when it is too hot to use the zipper.

If I could only find a damn snap grommet kit... [emoji17]

 

[Desperado Deluxe]

If I could only find a damn snap grommet kit... [emoji17]

Found one![emoji13] hardware store six bucks oh so useful.

 

[OstrichJockey]

I usually fix everything with zip ties...