H20doctor
Contributor
well im glad to find this thread today because i am also a victim of the dreaded Tzip plastic zipper ..
i have been diving since 2001 .. my first drysuit was an atlan front zip metal YKK .. i put 8 years on that suit , Next suit was another Atlan but i had issues with the boots .. traded it in on a Bare dry lam tech , custom fit front zip , $1300 for the drysuit .. Love it , dive it .. works great ... But now 2 years Later 196 dive put on the suit .. the Tzip is leaking between the teeth .. called Bare , 1 year warranty on the zipper .. And he said the same thing they BARE stopped using Tzipper does to leak issues and problems . they now use YKK plastic zippers
So i heard a lot of good and wonderful things over the past 5 years about the tzip and how everyone loved them , so on and so forth .. My zipper looks brand new , and i keep very good care of my drysuits.. im not happy about Tzippers and my leak issue , cause im gonna hafta replace a zipper .. But i am going back to metal YKK .. more durable , and last longer in my opinion
i have been diving since 2001 .. my first drysuit was an atlan front zip metal YKK .. i put 8 years on that suit , Next suit was another Atlan but i had issues with the boots .. traded it in on a Bare dry lam tech , custom fit front zip , $1300 for the drysuit .. Love it , dive it .. works great ... But now 2 years Later 196 dive put on the suit .. the Tzip is leaking between the teeth .. called Bare , 1 year warranty on the zipper .. And he said the same thing they BARE stopped using Tzipper does to leak issues and problems . they now use YKK plastic zippers
So i heard a lot of good and wonderful things over the past 5 years about the tzip and how everyone loved them , so on and so forth .. My zipper looks brand new , and i keep very good care of my drysuits.. im not happy about Tzippers and my leak issue , cause im gonna hafta replace a zipper .. But i am going back to metal YKK .. more durable , and last longer in my opinion