<story><title>YKK zippers: Why so many designers use them (2012)</title><url>https://slate.com/business/2012/04/ykk-zippers-why-so-many-designers-use-them.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nindalf</author><text>&amp;gt; You don’t buy your jeans and jackets by looking for their letters on that pull. Likewise, you almost certainly wouldn’t nix a garment purchase because the zipper isn’t YKK.&lt;p&gt;This is partially true. YKK has tremendous brand loyalty among people buying expensive backpacks. If you’re spending $100 or more, it gives you a lot of peace of mind to know that the zipper won’t fail.&lt;p&gt;I ended up buying one last month. One of the reasons was that it promised YKK AquaGuard zippers for the laptop compartment.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>fmajid</author><text>Non-YKK zippers are a canary: what other corners have been cut? Unless they’re RiRi, of course.</text></comment>
<story><title>YKK zippers: Why so many designers use them (2012)</title><url>https://slate.com/business/2012/04/ykk-zippers-why-so-many-designers-use-them.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nindalf</author><text>&amp;gt; You don’t buy your jeans and jackets by looking for their letters on that pull. Likewise, you almost certainly wouldn’t nix a garment purchase because the zipper isn’t YKK.&lt;p&gt;This is partially true. YKK has tremendous brand loyalty among people buying expensive backpacks. If you’re spending $100 or more, it gives you a lot of peace of mind to know that the zipper won’t fail.&lt;p&gt;I ended up buying one last month. One of the reasons was that it promised YKK AquaGuard zippers for the laptop compartment.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ABeeSea</author><text>There is nothing that will make you appreciate the quality of a zipper more than having the zipper on your luggage break while in the airport.&lt;p&gt;And that is the day that I learned the Miami airport has a service that will basically use industrial strength cling wrap to seal your luggage.</text></comment>