Dainese - new zip or new jacket?

[Trogladyte]

My Dainese textile jacket is nearly 2 years old. Its still in pretty good nick with the exception of the inner zip, which s frayed at the bottom and pretty much unusable. Its fine for the summer, but in the winter I will want double zips.

Do you think its worth having the it replaced, or will I be better off spending the money on a new one? And i know its a daft question, but its Sunday, and I cant ask my tame tailor how much it would cost to change the zip, so I'm asking you.

[Deadpool2]

Just get the zip changed, unless you are feeling particularly flush and want to treat yourself

[Skub]

For all it costs to get someone sew on a zip,why would ya not?

[maccecht]

My Dianese came with a 5 year warranty. It is a goretex one. Did yours not?

[Bigyin]

My Dianese came with a 5 year warranty. It is a goretex one. Did yours not?

Yup...that

Check and see if you registered it when you bought it or have a receipt around. A push stud on one of the pockets came off my first Dainese jacket after a year so i sent it back to the factory to be fixed FOC

The warranty didnt cover me lobbing myself down the road while wearing it though

[The Spin Doctor]

My Dainese textile jacket is nearly 2 years old. Its still in pretty good nick with the exception of the inner zip

Nearly two years old?

Ye Gods.

I just had my Aerostich rezipped last year and it was twenty three years old! I wore that virtually every day for about 10 hours a day from 1997 to 2007 whilst I was a basic trainer, and it remained my full time training kit till about 2010, when I bought a (supposedly) waterproof Alpinestars one piece. The Stich still comes out when I'm travelling because it's two piece - I can wear the jacket onto a plane and the trousers fold away small. So it did 3000 more miles around NZ in both 2018 and 2019, as well as a trip to California in Feb.

[Bigyin]

Nearly two years old?

Ye Gods.

I just had my Aerostich rezipped last year and it was twenty three years old! I wore that virtually every day for about 10 hours a day from 1997 to 2007 whilst I was a basic trainer, and it remained my full time training kit till about 2010, when I bought a (supposedly) waterproof Alpinestars one piece. The Stich still comes out when I'm travelling because it's two piece - I can wear the jacket onto a plane and the trousers fold away small. So it did 3000 more miles around NZ in both 2018 and 2019, as well as a trip to California in Feb.

Do i win as this is my original Rukka Jacket from my days as a bike courier in the late 80's in Glasgow. Still waterproof and warm after all these years with bugger all crash protection and wish i still had the trousers to match but someone nicked them years ago. The back still has faint signs of the "Falcon Despatch" logo

I used to wear it over a cheap set of leathers when the weather was cold and in summer just leathers and a company logo over bib

[Taff]

My Dianese came with a 5 year warranty. It is a goretex one. Did yours not?

Yup...that

Check and see if you registered it when you bought it or have a receipt around. A push stud on one of the pockets came off my first Dainese jacket after a year so i sent it back to the factory to be fixed FOC

The warranty didnt cover me lobbing myself down the road while wearing it though

I sent my jacket back for a new zip a couple of years ago, I just dropped it off at the Dainese shop in Brizzle and they sorted out the rest

[The Spin Doctor]

Do i win as this is my original Rukka Jacket from my days as a bike courier in the late 80's in Glasgow.

I had a few over the years - standard courier clobber And properly put together. I only needed another when I fell off If they hadn't discontinued them, they'd sell like hot cakes - the only truly waterproof garments I've ever owned.

[Trogladyte]

Crikey.

OK. I'll get it re-zipped then. I got it from P&H so I'm sure they will have a record and be able to email me a receipt. So I wil try to get Dainese to replace the zip then.

[Deadpool2]

good luck

[Hot_Air]

I got it from P&H

I recommend you start with P&H because you’re unlikely to get anywhere with Dainese. (Your consumer rights are with the retailer.)

I’m sure - if the jacket’s under warranty - that P&H will get Dainese to fix it. But it could take time: while P&H has an excellent reputation, Dainese is known for doing warranty repairs in slow motion.