Fixing zipper on vest

[buzzardroost]

Is this an easy fix? Any ideas? After day two with this nomad vest, I'm not pleased with it. One weak magnet, one broke zipper. The metal part of the zipper broke in half and it came all the way off. Had to take everything out and put it in my pockets while heading after turkeys. Pot call pouch keeps coming unbuttoned walking  through brush . Anyway, any help appreciated.


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[Spitten and drummen]

I like the layout of the vest be quality sucks IMO. My wife cut and resewed the striker flaps with extra material so I could carry my one piece strikers . a couple of the magnets were sewed in backwards. She removed them and turned them around and stiched them back in. my call pouch will not stay snapped closed , so she is going to make a loop and button for that. All the pockets are shallow. I just ended up with alot of modifcations which should have been right before shipping. Poor quality , decent design.

[bbcoach]

Deep six those plastic zippers and have a metal one sewed in.  Most dry cleaners have seamstresses that should be able to handle the job.  If you want to give it a try, go to Wally Worlds sewing dept, find a metal zipper close to the same length and hand stitch it in.  Just remove the single row of stitching holding the old zipper in.  You don't necessarily have to use a sewing machine.  That probably won't be the only one that messes up.

[Gamblinman]

Nomad = cheap junk. Seems to follow with all their stuff.

[TauntoHawk]

Markets full of it though.. got the primos rocker last year and it's got stictching coming out at every stress point of the seat.. primos wanted me to pay shipping both ways to fix not replace it


I'll stitch it up myself cuz I like the layout and built in seat

Thought about trying a KH run and gun but figured that would be cheap too

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[bbcoach]

Most of these vests are made in China with little to no quality assurance.  Use of inferior materials are the norm.

[Sixes]

I sent a nomad vest back the next day after ordering. Didn't like the shallow pockets or button.

Then ordered a Primos Rocker vest, the pot call  holders on the vest arrived already half way torn off from not being stitched. Sent it back.

Ordered a Primos Gen 2 and really liked the vest and saw zero issues.

When I ordered the Gen 2 vest, I also ordered the Tenzing TV18 vest that was backordered. It finally arrived a few days ago and it is by FAR, the best quality vest that I have seen. It is built similar to a Tatr 2 as far as size goes, but is a lot lighter in weight. Nice sized pockets and lots of interior mesh pockets. Outside mesh water bottle pockets.

Anyone that has a Tenzing backpack or Badlands, the vest seems built on their backpack designs that allow the pack to have air circulate and not sweat the back. I'll be testing it out over the next couple weeks where the temps should be warm in middle Georgia.

I sent the Primos Gen2 back and plan to keep the Tenzing

[buzzardroost]

Was really hoping another zipper
Would just attach back in somehow. Oh well. I hate to have a 120 dollar vest that is useless after 2'days.


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[WV Ridge Reaper]

Was really hoping another zipper
Would just attach back in somehow. Oh well. I hate to have a 120 dollar vest that is useless after 2'days.


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I'd call them if they was any kinda of people they would over night you a new vest


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[buzzardroost]

I ended up finding a YKK zipper pull of the same size on a old jacket in a throw away pile, prying it open, and clamping it onto this zipper. It fixed it. The YKK zippers are obviously a different metal than the pot metal crap the zipper pulls are made of on the nomad vest. It's obvious from working with these that nomad has used an inferior product. I'm just going to order enough YKK zipper pulls to replace all of them.


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[slicksbeagles1]

Damn shame that you pay hard earned money for something and it be like that I would have sent it back but glad you could fix yours and make it better.

[ezmorningrebel]

i ordered one of these vests online and got it yesterday.  i've got similar reservations about the quality but i love the layout.  i'm wondering if i just press on with it and fix any issues that come up or return it and check out other options.  i'm tempted to just order the tactical tat'r and grand slam and return which ever isn't the winner.

[tha bugman]

Deep six those plastic zippers and have a metal one sewed in.  Most dry cleaners have seamstresses that should be able to handle the job.  If you want to give it a try, go to Wally Worlds sewing dept, find a metal zipper close to the same length and hand stitch it in.  Just remove the single row of stitching holding the old zipper in.  You don't necessarily have to use a sewing machine.  That probably won't be the only one that messes up.

+1 on how to fix