Since this worked so well last time :-)

[kaberett]

I have a coat. I like my coat. It is Goretex and generally useful. It also, alas, is down one bit of kind of important tech for the zip.

Specifically, it has a separating zip, and at some point the zip box has vanished into the ether. It's a YKK Vislon 5VS zip, and I'm pretty sure the box I want is 5S (that being what's stamped on the bottom of the subsidiary zip).

What I can't do is work out any way to usefully poke the internet to get it to disgorge me one of these, the obvious search terms being unhelpfully vague. I also don't trust myself to usefully transfer the subsidiary zip's box to the principal zip.

Suggestions for how to source this part in the UK (preferably without leaving my house, but I'll go to a haberdashery if I have to) gratefully received!

Comments

[kaberett]

(And now, having successfully - at least temporarily - repaired the zip on the memory foam mattress topper's cover, I should remake the bed so I can actually go to sleep...)

[madgastronomer]

I cannot help with UK, but if you need a source to try in the US, Seattle Fabrics is likely to have it, and will probably ship to the UK if asked nicely. As a last-ditch kind of thing.

[kaberett]

Thanks for the rec!

[ewt]

I'd be tempted to ask McCulloch and Wallis whether they can get it in.

[ewt]

Also my internet is too slow to actually load eBay pages here, but searching for "ykk zipper parts" or "zipper repair kit ykk" looks like going in promising directions.

[kaberett]

I have thus far failed to get the relevant retaining box out of those search terms but I have now contacted Berghaus, and will contact M&W next :-)

[aldabra]

Write to Goretex and tell them you love their coat but the zip has broken and ask where you can get a spare bit? They'll probably post you one, and they should at least disgorge useful information.

https://www.gore-tex.co.uk/support/contact-us

[kaberett]

Good shout, will give it a go!

[evilsusan]

https://www.amazon.com/ZipperStop-Authorized-Distributor-YKK%C2%AE-Assortment/dp/B0083UJM3K

Can get and forward. Let me know.

[kaberett]

Thank you lots but I should be alright! :-)