Have you ever replaced the zip in a grobag?

[bosch]

If so, was it horribly difficult? Could you explain to me how you did it?

Obviously this is a bit of a longshot. Ds2 snapped the bit you pull and it's left a sharp end. So I either replace the whole zip, or through away an otherwise OK grobag.

My local dry cleaners quote a price for replacing a zip that is just shy of the price of a new grobag. So at the moment, I'm agonising over whether to attempt to replace the zip myself, or just giving in and throwing the thing away.

Hi yes I have replaced one, although the brand wasn't grobag they are all much the same.

You need an open ended zip (like you would have on the front of a jacket) as they are sewn in upside down so that you start it off from the neck and zip it up to the toes if you see what I mean. And a plastic zip is better as they have no sharp edges, although they are a bit bulkier.

I got the zip from our local market no more than a few quid. I think it was a couple of inches shorter than the sleeping bag so I just sewed up the shortfall and had a slightly shorter zip!

It was fiddly sewing it in, I did it by hand as when the bags are manufactured, the zip is put in before the front and back are sewn together. I didn't fancy taking the whole thing to pieces! I would have a go yourself definitely. Just needs a bit of patience!

Cat me if you can't find an appropriate zip and I'll get one for you, or if you can't face it and are going to throw out the grobag send it to me so I can replace the zip and have a spare for my ds2! (there isn't a face for 'I know I'm soooo cheeky!).

Ahh, thankyou, I have a sewing machine (which only gets used about once every three years) and I had kind of fixated on using it for this job.
Now that I know it is POSSIBLE I will give it a go, and if it doesn't work our you can have a grobag and a zip!
(Where's the face for 'I'm impressed by your cheek!')

There's some good instructions online for how to sew in zips if you do a search... and your machine may even have a zipper foot.
But it's not too difficult

I think I have a zipper foot but I've never used on this machine. I definitely made a skirt and a dress with a zip on my mum's sewing maching, but don't actually rememember a zipper foot (it was a long time ago).

I thought that grobag would need taking apart before you could replace zip, if you were going to use a machine.

I may yet ask advice on how to replace zip if using a needle and thread...