Spent 4 hours trying to fix a tent zipper before realizing the fix was 2 minutes

Last weekend at a site near Lake Placid, my tent zipper got stuck right before a storm rolled in. I spent 4 hours fiddling with pliers, soap, and even WD-40, thinking I was being smart. Turns out, I just had a piece of fabric wedged in the track and a quick tug fixed it. Anyone else waste a whole afternoon on something that simple?

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amy_murphy851mo ago

Laughing just reading this because I did the exact same thing last summer with a stuck zipper on my backpack. Spent forever trying to force it open before realizing the little tab was just twisted wrong. Felt real dumb after that quick twist fixed it.

bennett.noah1mo ago

Actually it's called the zipper pull, not the tab. The tab is the little metal piece that sits inside the zipper body that actually locks things together. I only know this because I had the same thing happen and looked it up after feeling like an idiot.

ruby_rivera7623d ago

Wait, you're telling me that little metal piece inside has its own name? I've been out here calling everything a tab for 30 years and the actual tab is something completely different.