[gilfoy]

All the other zippers will still exist. Clothes without zippers will still exist. Roughly nobody does this anyway.

[konart]

>Roughly nobody does this anyway.

I had at least z dozen zippers replaced through my life. Some times you a very good product with poorly chosen zipper, some times it is some sort of an accident.

I find the idea of buying a new coat instead of fixing a small part of the old one weird.

[iancmceachern]

This doesn't change that, I expect you can still remove this a zipper and have another sewn on, just as before

[konart]

You can, but you (or rather atelier\studio) will have to buy a special machine to do so.

[tempestn]

If these become commonplace, so will such machines.

[konart]

I hope in case of success this will be just one of the programs in your generic sewing machine.

I'm afraid YKK might not be generous

[tempestn]

I'm in my 40s and don't think I've ever replaced a zipper. I'm sure a handful have broken over my lifetime, but never on something nice enough to be worth repairing. I wouldn't buy clothing based on the possibility of this (to me) extreme edge case.

[stavros]

> nice enough to be worth repairing

I guess it's just cost of repair vs cost of garment. I always opt to spend $15 replacing the zipper than to buy another coat or whatnot.

[oblio]

That's $15 including new zipper and cost of labor?

[stavros]

Yes, but I live in a LCoL country.

[Gualdrapo]

> Roughly nobody does this anyway.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof and at least here in this so-called "third world" country plenty of people makes their clothing to be repaired in any way or do it themselves (even me, sometimes)