Outdoor Tailor

Totally Normal

02/06/2012 at 11:12

I am currently looking to get a new pair of waterproof trousers as my existing ones don't have zips, which I have decided I need, I cant be faffed to mess about with them whilst wearing crampons. So I've started looking around and the price for a decent pair is 50-100. I already have a pair of army goretex and was wondering if it would be cheaper to get some zips put in for me?

Would this be cheaper than buying a new set?
Would I be able to get a waterproof zip put on?- does anyone know if the process for putting a waterproof zip on is viable?
Where would I go looking to find somewhere that might be able to do this?

Mrs. Nesbit

02/06/2012 at 11:23

Any tailor should be able to do it, but water resistant zips are quite expensive so I doubt it would be cost effective unless you could do it yourself.

Totally Normal

02/06/2012 at 12:21

I was just concerned that they would just create a massive weakpoint in terms of waterproofing. I already have softshell trousers hence the overs only come on when its really bad. My thinking was that if conditions are bag enough that my softshell can't deal with it then I need pretty bomber waterproofs

Martin Carpenter

02/06/2012 at 13:02

Interesting set of beliefs there You're happy with relatively wet trousers in a lot of conditions but suddenly worried about moderate leakage in very wet conditions and otherwise dry trousers.

Not saying they're silly, totally consistent perhaps not

Still they wouldn't hurt. Someone like Scottish mountain gear (or other specalist gear repair folk) might be the people to ask cf waterproof zips I guess. What might work out easier would be storm flaps either over or under normal zips.