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    Joe Clement
    BPL Member

    @skinewmexico

    Locale: Southwest

    Kind of embarrassing to post this in MYOG, but does anyone have a tricky way to make your own cord zipper pulls, for those tiny zippers on Tarptents?

    #1532526
    Franco Darioli
    Spectator

    @franco

    Locale: Gauche, CU.

    My version is a 4" piece of Air Core 2 cord folded in half with a thin piece of red duct tape over the ends.
    I need a few of them to register on my scale. Difficulty level : (from 1-5) 0.5
    Franco
    Zip pull

    #1532528
    Jim Colten
    BPL Member

    @jcolten

    Locale: MN

    cut an 8" length of cord
    fold double
    tie the loose ends with overhand or figure-8 knot
    attach to the zipper pull tab with girth hitch

    example from an MYOG bivy:myog zipper puls

    #1532534
    Joe Clement
    BPL Member

    @skinewmexico

    Locale: Southwest

    Perfect, thanks. I may buy some shrink wrap tubing and try it Franco's way, with the shrink wrap.

    #1532539
    Ron Bell / MLD
    BPL Member

    @mountainlaureldesigns

    Locale: USA

    You can also cut off the metal zipper pull part with wire snips and then thread a small cord through the slot and knot it – helps keep it quiet on tent zips in the wind, etc. especially when there are double sided pull that end up together clicking together. Reflective cord is sometimes helpful.

    #1532558
    Jim Colten
    BPL Member

    @jcolten

    Locale: MN

    Perfect, thanks. I may buy some shrink wrap tubing and try it Franco's way, with the shrink wrap.

    Be sure to report on how the aircore line handles temperatures high enough to shrink the tubing.

    #1532561
    Joe Clement
    BPL Member

    @skinewmexico

    Locale: Southwest

    I don't have any aircore, I just have boring old triptease. And some glow in the dark stuff I got on EBay from a guy in Hong Kong.

    #1532566
    Greg Mihalik
    Spectator

    @greg23

    Locale: Colorado

    Joe,
    I use different colors, or a longer pulls, on the lower slider so I know which way to go.

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