• Forums
  • Gear Talk
  • Pointless memo to outerwear companies: pocket zippers should close down!

Member of the Month

Biffbarf
February, 2025

Online

Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!

Pointless memo to outerwear companies: pocket zippers should close down!

profile picture
BobYohan
Posts: 3001 - Karma: 375
Call me a nit-picker, but I strongly believe that the pockets on outerwear should zip down to close and up to open and not the other way around. Since we are always hanging tickets and passes and shit off our zippers, skiing in trees and whatnot, it just makes sense to have that extra peace of mind that your pocket isnt going to accidentally be pulled open. My helly hansen jacket zips down, and I always considered it a sign of the real thought and attention to detail that company puts into their product design. i'm sure nobody else cares about this, but for what its worth i thought maybe some outerwear reps would see this and realizes that their zippers were on upside-down. /end rant.
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Lemuel
Posts: 14543 - Karma: 11,148
haha i thought no one else noticed this. my pockets are always open from the zipper being pulled down and it pisses me off. I don't want to loose anything if its in there
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
TheBeardedOne
Posts: 2286 - Karma: 58
all my pockets on my outerwear zip down, bonfire baby
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Aaaron.
Posts: 11817 - Karma: 903
as we say in rock climbing.
screw down so you don't screw up.


16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
family_vacation
Posts: 6200 - Karma: 7,840
Same here.
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 151
Totally agree - Oakley is sometimes a culprit
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
i.ski.troll.
Posts: 4692 - Karma: 248
i have deff noticed this!
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
xmarcox
Posts: 49 - Karma: 14
On my burton jacket all the zip close down :O
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
J.D.
Posts: 21362 - Karma: 5,145
Pockets on both my jackets currently zip horizontally and are covered by flaps. So. Pants pockets close downwards, but that seems to me to be the usual way of doing things. Who is making these jackets that have zippers that come open?
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Style+eeze
Posts: 6901 - Karma: 551
saga ftw!
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Lemuel
Posts: 14543 - Karma: 11,148
orage. my pants zippers are fine because they are horizontal, but on the jacket they are all zip up so they come down all the time and i get snow in there when i fall and it melts.  This is not comfortable
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
anxju
Posts: 9371 - Karma: 61
oakley pockets open down. they close up. its the only thing that i dont like about their outerwear
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
zookiejib
Posts: 95 - Karma: 16
haha. You're not crazy, I totally support your rant. Maybe they think zipping down to open is more convenient, but I prefer the peace of mind
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
49566738265
Posts: 0 - Karma: 7,705
Hmmmm, I think almost all of my pockets go left and right!  FTW.
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Fish_Sandwich.
Posts: 9108 - Karma: 16
Analog zippers always close down.  Super nice.

Then again sideways zips are sicker anyway.
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
a_pla5tic_bag
Posts: 9242 - Karma: 5,638
Haha, i always think the same thing when i put something in my pockets; "will this stay closed all the way all the time?".
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
m.brus
Posts: 1597 - Karma: 103
werd
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
brenker
Posts: 3188 - Karma: 72
hah good call

my sessions jacket zips down, its nice

16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Reed.
Posts: 4489 - Karma: 272
that and overall... Oakley zippers are complete crap.
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 151
I've had worse
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
PacificRimJob
Posts: 24730 - Karma: 30,003
fuck helly hansen because of this...

sessions ftw!
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
skiP.E.I.
Posts: 7917 - Karma: 22,729
haha I completely agree! I always wondered why they even made zippers that zip upwards.
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
sick-as-aids
Posts: 3453 - Karma: 1,007
wrong
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Reed.
Posts: 4489 - Karma: 272
nah... ive broken about half of the oakley zippers ive ever had, theyre crappy and usually really dainty compared to the outerwear they're on.
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
sick-as-aids
Posts: 3453 - Karma: 1,007
you got unluckey, you cant generalise on a whole company just from your experiences, i have had no problems with any of my oakley product
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
IanAvery-Leaf
Posts: 9933 - Karma: 9,433
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
fragglemuffin
Posts: 3312 - Karma: 443
what he said.
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Rafe
Posts: 254 - Karma: 13
I would like to think that I lost my cell phone because the chest pocket on my Helly coat opens down and came unzipped while skiing rather than I forgot to zip it up.

But zippers going the right way is def a bonus when buying outerwear.
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Reed.
Posts: 4489 - Karma: 272
everyone, everywhere, on the entire history of the world makes an opinion based on their own experiences....  youre an idiot.
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
SirFryanator
Posts: 11149 - Karma: 1,416
lethal descent ftw! haha the pockets go sideways or are magnetic and all of them zip up. props
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Bren-Ten
Posts: 1187 - Karma: 24
AGREED!! also i would like to have the vent zipper come across the leg like on SWEET pants, that would make such a huge difference!
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
dandougherty
Posts: 1002 - Karma: 2,619
hah yeah ive always said this, my pants this year zip down but my coats and such all zip up
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
sick-as-aids
Posts: 3453 - Karma: 1,007
yeah no shit, but dont come on here and try feed your opinion to everyone and be stubborn about it at the same time thinking that yes, the company makes 100% shity quality product, when in fact they dont and its just been your bad experience...
Theres a difference between having an opinion on a product and just bllabering out a bold statement that the company sucks and is shit quality... so dont call me the idiot
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Malcolm
Posts: 15953 - Karma: 9,500
yeah i know how you feel. i cant carry anything vvaluable in my gaper one peice because they zip up...
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Reed.
Posts: 4489 - Karma: 272
Please show me where I said every product oakley makes is crap.

Ive owned about 10 pieces of oakley outerwear, and Ive broken probably 5 or 6 zippers.  Not just the main ones, usually its the venting zippers that break.  Oakleys higher end stuff like puffy jackets and pants are usually pretty legit quality, but some stuff theyve made (the 3.5 puffy pant) is total crap. 

And yes you're still an idiot for calling out me for having an opinion, it's the internet dummy and the thread is talking about zippers.  Also, 1 of my oakley jackets has pocket zippers that go up... which is stupid.
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
sick-as-aids
Posts: 3453 - Karma: 1,007
i never said that you said every product oakley makes is crap, i said you said that oakley is crap quality, "Oakley zippers are complete crap"......thats talking about the quality of oakley product... so i was not wrong to call you out
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
PacificRimJob
Posts: 24730 - Karma: 30,003
he was speaking specifically about the zippers.
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Chrris
Posts: 568 - Karma: 211
yes and no.
Think about it this way,
You have your phone in that pocket you open it,
your phone falls out.
Were if company would actualy make legit pass looks on the bottom of your jacket,
Then you would never have this problem.
16 years ago
0 0
profile picture
.Hugo.
Posts: 17360 - Karma: 28,494
this very problem caused me to have my phone fall out and someone land on it
16 years ago
0 0
All times are Eastern (-4); Currently it's 2:24AM